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Etymology
Dough + nut: the original doughnuts were small, nut-sized balls of fried dough. First attested in 1809.1
Hyphenation
dough·nut
Noun
en-noun
- A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, commonly of a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape, mixed with various sweeteners and flavourings, and sometimes filled with jam, custard or cream.
- Anything in the shape of a torus.
- A peel-out or skid-mark in the shape of doughnut or toroid; a 360-degree skid.
- (derogatory slang) A fat person.
#:Hey doughnut! Get over here.
- A spare car tyre, usually stored in the boot, that is smaller than a full sized tyre and is only intended for temporary use.
Synonyms
i-c|anything in the shape of a torus ring, torus
i-c|fat person Swiss roll
Translations
trans-top|deep-fried piece of dough or batter
Danish: donut
Dutch: donut
Esperanto: benjeto
Finnish: donitsi, munkkirinkilä, munkki
French: beignet m, donut
German: Krapfen m (ellipsoidal), Donut
Hebrew: ספ×�× ×�×�|סֻפְ×�Ö¸Ö¼× Ö´×�Ö¸Ö¼×� (sufganiya)
Japanese: ����
Korean: �� doneot; ���빵 (garakjibbang) (ring-shaped donut; used in North Korea);
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Mandarin: ��� zhá mià n qu�n <sup>2</sup>, ���
Norwegian: smultring
Polish: p�czek
Romanian: gogoa�� f
Russian: пон�ик
Serbian: к�о�на
Spanish: dona
Swedish: munk
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trans-top|anything in the shape of a torus
Finnish: torus, rengas
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trans-top|peel-out or skid-mark in the shape of a doughnut
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trans-top|fat person
Finnish: läski
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trans-top|tire
Finnish: donitsi
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See also
bagel
torus
toroid
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