Image:Galveston victorian homes post office.jpg|thumb|Victorian gingerbread
English
Image:Honningkager.jpg|thumb|gingerbread (1)
Alternative forms
gingebred (Scottish)
Etymology
From OF. gingembras, gingimbrat, preserved ginger, from medieval Latin *gingi(m)br?t-um, (ginger that perhaps had a pharmaceutical use for some medicinal preparation), from medieval Latin gingiber, ginger. The third syllable was early confounded with bread, and the insertion of an r in the second syllable completed the semblance of a compound word.
Noun
wikipedia
en-noun|sg=gingerbread|-
- A type of cake whose main flavouring is ginger and that is typically cut into human-shaped pieces called gingerbread man|gingerbread men or built into house-shaped cakes called gingerbread houses.
- architecture A flamboyant Victorian-era architectural style.
Derived terms
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cake and gingerbread
gingerbreaded
gingerbread house
gingerbread husband
gingerbread man
gingerbread-nut
gingerbread-office
gingerbread palm
gingerbread plum
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gingerbread-trap
gingerbread tree
gingerbread work
gingerbready
knight of gingerbread
lord of gingerbread
man of gingerbread
pepper-gingerbread
take the gilt off the gingerbread
Translations
trans-top|type of cake
Chinese: �饼 (ji�ngb�ng)
Czech: pernÃk m
Finnish: piparkakku
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French: pain d'épices (au gingembre) m, pain d'épice (au gingembre) m
Polish: piernik m
Swedish: pepparkaka
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trans-top|architectural style
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