dessert

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• UK: /dɪˈzɜːt/
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• US: dĭ-zûrt
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• US: /dɪˈzɝt/
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• rhymes with -ɜː(ɹ)t
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des- Middle French des- Proto-Indo-European *ser- Proto-Indo-European *-wós Proto-Indo-European *serwos Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *serweyéti Proto-Italic *serwijeti Proto-Italic *serwijit Proto-Italic *serwiō Latin serviō Old French servir Middle French servir Middle French desservir Middle French dessertbor. English dessert Borrowed from Middle French dessert, from desservir (“disserve”), from dés- (“dis-”) and servir (“serve”), thus literally meaning “removal of what has been served”. Note: It was erroneously suggested (e.g. in "Glucose syrups: Technology and Applications" (Peter Hull, 2010)) that the word is derived from the name of Benjamin Delessert, the inventor of beet sugar. However, the term predates him by at least a century.

131 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: nagereg — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Albanian: ëmbëlsirë — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Arabic: حَلْوَى (ḥalwā) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Arabic: حَلْوَيَات (ḥalwayāt) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Arabic: تَحْلِيَة (taḥliya) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Armenian: աղանդեր (aġander) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Armenian: դեսերտ (desert) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Azerbaijani: desert — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Azerbaijani: çərəz — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Belarusian: дэсе́рт (desjért) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Belarusian: дэсэ́рт (desért) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Belarusian: сало́дкае (salódkaje) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Bengali: ডেজার্ট (ḍejarṭo) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Bulgarian: десе́рт (desért) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Burmese: အချို (a.hkyui) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Burmese: အချိုပွဲ (a.hkyui-pwai:) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Catalan: llevants — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Catalan: postres — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Catalan: darreries — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Chinese Mandarin: 點心 /点心 (diǎnxīn) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Chinese Mandarin: 餐後甜點 /餐后甜点 (cānhòu tiándiǎn) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Chinese Mandarin: 甜食 (tiánshí) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Chinese Mandarin: 甜點 /甜点 (tiándiǎn) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Chinese Mandarin: 西點 /西点 (xīdiǎn) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Czech: zákusek — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Czech: dezert — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Danish: efterret — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Danish: dessert — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Dutch: dessert — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Dutch: nagerecht — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Dutch: toetje — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Esperanto: postmanĝaĵo — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Esperanto: deserto — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Estonian: magustoit — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Estonian: dessert — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Faroese: eftirrættur — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Faroese: eftirmatur — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Faroese: omaná — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Faroese: dessert — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Finnish: jälkiruoka — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• French: dessert — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Galician: postre — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Galician: lamberete — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Georgian: დესერტი (deserṭi) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• German: Nachtisch — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• German: Nachspeise — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• German: Dessert — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Greek: γλυκό (glykó) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Greek: επιδόρπιο (epidórpio) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Ancient Greek: τράγημα (trágēma) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Haitian Creole: desè — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Hawaiian: monamona — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Hebrew: קינוח \ קִנּוּחַ (kinuakh) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Hindi: मिठाई (miṭhāī) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Hindi: हलवा (halvā) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Hindi: डेज़र्ट (ḍezarṭ) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Hungarian: desszert — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Hunsrik: Nohdisch — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Icelandic: eftirréttur — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Ido: desero — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Indonesian: disert — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Indonesian: pencuci mulut — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Ingrian: herkku — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Irish: milseog — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Italian: dolce — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Italian: dessert — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Japanese: デザート (dezāto) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Japanese: スイーツ (suītsu) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Kazakh: десерт (desert) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Khmer: បង្អែម (bɑɑbɑngʼaem) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Korean: 후식 (husik) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Korean: 디저트 (dijeoteu) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Northern Kurdish: şîranî — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Kyrgyz: десерт (desert) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Lao: ຂອງຫວານ (khǭng huān) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Latin: bellaria — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Latin: secunda mensa — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Latvian: deserts — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Latvian: saldais ēdiens — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Lithuanian: desertas — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Luxembourgish: Dessert — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Macedonian: десерт (desert) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Malay: pencuci mulut — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Māori: purini — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Māori: towhiro — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Mongolian: амттан (amttan) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Norman: dêssèrt — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Norwegian: etterrett — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Norwegian: dessert — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Papiamentu: pasaboca — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Papiamentu: pasaboka — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Persian: دسر (deser) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Plautdietsch: Läpelkost — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Polish: deser — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Portuguese: sobremesa — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Romanian: desert — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Russian: десе́рт (desért) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Russian: сла́дкое (sládkoje) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Scottish Gaelic: mìlsean — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Scottish Gaelic: mìlse — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Serbo-Croatian: посластица — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Serbo-Croatian: сластица — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Serbo-Croatian: слатко — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Serbo-Croatian: дезерт — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Serbo-Croatian: poslastica — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Serbo-Croatian: slastica — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Serbo-Croatian: slatko — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Serbo-Croatian: dezert — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Slovak: dezert — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Slovene: sladica — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Spanish: dulce — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Spanish: postre — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Swedish: efterrätt — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Tagalog: panghimagas — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Tajik: десерт (desert) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Thai: อาหารหวาน (aa-hǎan-wǎan) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Thai: ขนม (kà-nǒm) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Thai: ของหวาน (kɔ̌ɔng-wǎan) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Turkish: tatlı — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Turkmen: desert — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Ukrainian: десе́рт (desért) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Ukrainian: соло́дке (solódke) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Urdu: میٹھائی (miṭhāī) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Uzbek: desert — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Vietnamese: tráng miệng — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Volapük: poszib — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Welsh: melysfwyd — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Welsh: pwdin — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Yiddish: פֿאַרבײַסן (farbaysn) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Yiddish: דעסערט (desert) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
• Zazaki: şirane (diq) — sweet confection served as the last course of a meal