gingerbread

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈd͡ʒɪn.(d͡)ʒəˌbɹɛd/
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• General-American: /ˈd͡ʒɪn.d͡ʒɚˌbɹɛd/
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• CMU ARPABET: JH IH1 N JH ER0 B R EH2 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English gyngebred, gyngebrede, from Old French gingembras, gingimbrat (“preserved ginger”), from Medieval Latin *gingimbrātus (“gingered”, presumably referring to ginger that perhaps had a pharmaceutical use for some medicinal preparation), with the intrusive m added to gingiber, from Latin zingiber (“ginger”), of earlier Sanskrit origin, through Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis). The third syllable was earlier confounded with bread, and the insertion of an r in the second syllable completed the semblance of a compound word: ginger + bread.

113 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: كَعْكَة زَنْجَبِيلٍ — type of cake
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܟܲܥܲܟ݂ ܙܲܢܓܒ݂ܝܼܠܵܐ (kaˁaḵ zangḇīlā) — type of cake
• Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܠܚܸܡ ܙܲܢܓܒ݂ܝܼܠܵܐ (lḥim zangḇīlā) — type of cake
• Armenian: կոճապղպեղաբլիթ (kočapġpeġablitʻ) — type of cake
• Armenian: մեղրաբլիթ (meġrablitʻ) — type of cake
• Azerbaijani: pryanik — type of cake
• Belarusian: пе́рнік (pjérnik) — type of cake
• Breton: bara-mel — type of cake
• Bulgarian: меденка (medenka) — type of cake
• Burmese: ဂျင်းစိမ်းသောပါမုန့်၊ — type of cake
• Chinese Cantonese: 薑餅 /姜饼 (goeng1 bing2) — type of cake
• Chinese: 薑餅 /姜饼 (kiun-pián) — type of cake
• Chinese Mandarin: 薑餅 /姜饼 (jiāngbǐng) — type of cake
• Czech: perník — type of cake
• Danish: honningkage — type of cake
• Danish: peberkage — type of cake
• Dutch: peperkoek — type of cake
• Dutch: gemberkoek — type of cake
• Erzya: жомка (žomka) — type of cake
• Esperanto: spickuko — type of cake
• Esperanto: mielkuko — type of cake
• Estonian: piparkook — type of cake
• Estonian: präänik — type of cake
• Faroese: piparkøka — type of cake
• Finnish: piparkakku — type of cake
• Finnish: pipari — type of cake
• French: pain d'épice — type of cake
• French: pain d'épices — type of cake
• Georgian: თაფლაკვერი (taplaḳveri) — type of cake
• Georgian: კოჭას თაფლაკვერი (ḳoč̣as taplaḳveri) — type of cake
• German: Pfefferkuchen — type of cake
• German: Lebkuchen — type of cake
• German: Ingwerbrot — type of cake
• German: Gewürzkuchen — type of cake
• German: Honigkuchen — type of cake
• German: Lebzelten — type of cake
• Hebrew: לֶחֶם זַנְגְּבִיל (lékhem zangvíl) — type of cake
• Hebrew: עוּגַת זַנְגְּבִיל (úgat zangvíl) — type of cake
• Hindi: जिंजरब्रेड (jiñjrabreḍ) — type of cake
• Hungarian: mézeskalács — type of cake
• Icelandic: piparkaka — type of cake
• Ido: mielokuko — type of cake
• Ingrian: prännikkä — type of cake
• Irish: arán sinséir — type of cake
• Italian: pan di zenzero — type of cake
• Italian: pan di spezie — type of cake
• Japanese: ジンジャーブレッド (jinjābureddo) — type of cake
• Javanese: roti jaé — type of cake
• Kalmyk: балта (balta) — type of cake
• Kazakh: пряник (pränik) — type of cake
• Kazakh: пірәндік (pırändık) — type of cake
• Korean: 생강빵 (saenggangppang) — type of cake
• Korean: 진저브레드 (jinjeobeuredeu) — type of cake
• Northern Kurdish: kiloca zencefîlî — type of cake
• Lao: ເຂົ້າຫນົມປັງຂິງ (khao nom pang khing) — type of cake
• Lao: ເຂົ້າຫນົມຂິງ (khao nom khing) — type of cake
• Lao: ເຂົ້າຫນົມຂິງພິກໄທ (khao nom khing phik thai) — type of cake
• Lao: ເຂົ້າຫນົມຂິງເຄື່ອງເທດ (khao nom khing khư̄ang thēt) — type of cake
• Lao: ເຂົ້າຫນົມຂິງນ້ໍາເຜິ່ງ (khao nom khing nam phœng) — type of cake
• Latvian: piparkūka — type of cake
• Lithuanian: meduolis — type of cake
• Malayalam: ആകർഷകത എടുത്തുകളയുക (ākaṟṣakata eṭuttukaḷayuka) — type of cake
• Norwegian Bokmål: pepperkake — type of cake
• Norwegian Nynorsk: peparkake — type of cake
• Pannonian Rusyn: медовнїк (medovnjik) — type of cake
• Persian: نان زنجبیلی (nân zanjabili) — type of cake
• Persian: کیک زنجبیلی (keyk zanjabili) — type of cake
• Polish: piernik — type of cake
• Polish: pierniczek — type of cake
• Portuguese: bolo de gengibre — type of cake
• Portuguese: pão de mel — type of cake
• Romanian: turtă dulce — type of cake
• Russian: пря́ник (prjánik) — type of cake
• Russian: имби́рный пря́ник (imbírnyj prjánik) — type of cake
• Russian: коври́жка (kovrížka) — type of cake
• Lule-Sami: pihpergáhkko — type of cake
• Scots: gibbery — type of cake
• Serbo-Croatian: медѐња̄к — type of cake
• Serbo-Croatian: medènjāk — type of cake
• Slovak: medovník — type of cake
• Slovene: medenjak — type of cake
• Spanish: pan de jengibre — type of cake
• Spanish: pan de especias — type of cake
• Swedish: pepparkaka — type of cake
• Tamil: இஞ்சியப்பம் (iñciyappam) — type of cake
• Tamil: இஞ்சியணிச்சல் (iñciyaṇiccal) — type of cake
• Telugu: సొంటిపొడి (soṇṭipoḍi) — type of cake
• Thai: ขนมขิง (kà-nǒm kǐng) — type of cake
• Thai: ขนมปังขิง (kà-nǒm bpang kǐng) — type of cake
• Thai: ขนมขิงพริกไทย (kà-nǒm kǐng prík-tai) — type of cake
• Thai: ขนมขิงเครื่องเทศ (kà-nǒm kǐng krʉ̂ʉang-têet) — type of cake
• Thai: ขนมขิงน้ําผึ้ง (kà-nǒm kǐng náam-pʉ̂ng) — type of cake
• Turkish: zencefilli kurabiye — type of cake
• Ukrainian: пря́ник (prjányk) — type of cake
• Ukrainian: імби́рний пря́ник (imbýrnyj prjányk) — type of cake
• Uyghur: پىرەنىك (pirenik) — type of cake
• Uzbek: pryanik — type of cake
• Vietnamese: bánh gừng — type of cake
• Vietnamese: bánh mì gừng — type of cake
• Welsh: cacen goch — type of cake
• Welsh: torth sinsir — type of cake
• Welsh: bara poeth — type of cake
• West Flemish: zoetekoeke — type of cake
• Yakut: бирээнньик (bireenňik) — type of cake
• Yiddish: אינגבער־קוכן (ingber-kukhn) — type of cake
• Yiddish: אינגבער־לעקעך (ingber-lekekh) — type of cake
• Yiddish: פֿעפֿער־קוכן (fefer-kukhn) — type of cake
• Yiddish: קאָרן־לעקעך (korn-lekekh) — type of cake
• French: style gingerbread — architectural style
• French: gingerbread — architectural style
• Italian: stile gingerbread — architectural style
• Italian: gingerbread — architectural style
• Swedish: snickarglädje — architectural style