EuroLex/F/Baguette

  • Original language: French
  • Original form and meaning: baguette - 1. baguette (a small narrow loaf of French bread), 2. rod, switch, 3. baton, 4. ornamental batten


(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)


Language Form Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) Current Meaning and Status Earlier Meanings and Statusses Source
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Danish baguette ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Dutch ... ... '...' '...' ...
English baguette or baguet architectural ornament: 1727

gem shape: 1926 French bread: 1958

'meaning 1,

and also: jewelry - a rectangular shape given to a small gem, esp. a diamond, by cutting and polishing or a gem having this shape

architecture - a small convex molding, esp. one of semicircular section

fashion: a small handbag shaped like a long narrow bread loaf'

'a type of architectural ornament' http://www.etymonline.com

1727, a type of architectural ornament, . Meaning "a diamond cut long" is from 1926; that of "a long, thin loaf of Fr. bread" is from 1958.

Estonian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Finnish ... ... '...' '...' ...
French ... ... '...' '...' ...
Frisian ... ... '...' '...' ...
German Baguette ... 'meaning 1

and also: jewelry - a rectangular shape given to a small gem, esp. a diamond, by cutting and polishing or a gem having this shape'

'...' ...
Hungarian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Irish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Italian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Latvian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Lithuanian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Maltese ... ... '...' '...' ...
Norwegian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Polish ... ... '...' '...' ...
Portuguese baguete ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Rumantsch ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovak ... ... '...' '...' ...
Slovenian ... ... '...' '...' ...
Spanish baguette ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...
Swedish baguette ... 'meaning 1' '...' ...

Annotations edit

Etymology: from Latin baculum "a stick"

Source: http://www.etymonline.com


Information on Other Languages edit

Dutch: stokbrood

Italian: filoncino

Spanish (more common): barra de pan