baguette

ba·guette  (b-gt)

n.

1.

a. A gem cut in the form of a narrow rectangle.

b. The form of such a gem.

2. Architecture A narrow convex molding.

3. A small narrow loaf of French bread often used for sandwiches.

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[French, rod, from Italian bacchetta, diminutive of bacchio, rod, from Latin baculum, stick; see bak- in Indo-European roots.]

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baguette, baguet [bæˈgɛt]

n

1. (Cookery) a narrow French stick loaf

2. (Clothing, Personal Arts & Crafts / Jewellery) a small gem cut as a long rectangle

3. the shape of such a gem

4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) Architect a small moulding having a semicircular cross section

[from French, from Italian bacchetta a little stick, from bacchio rod, from Latin baculum walking stick]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

baguette - narrow French stick loaf             baguet French bread - a crusty sourdough bread often baked in long slender tapered loaves or baguettes

Translations

baguette [bæˈget] N → baguette f, barrita f de pan

baguette [bæˈgɛt] n (= French stick) → baguette f

baguette

n → Baguette f or nt, → Stangenbrot nt