beignet
French, noun/bɛ.ɲɛ/
beignet is a French masculine noun meaning “beignet (fritter filled with fruit etc)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Pâte frite à la poêle et qui enveloppe ordinairement une tranche de quelque fruit”.
What does beignet mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebeignet (fritter filled with fruit etc)
- 2
masculinedoughnut
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Pâte frite à la poêle et qui enveloppe ordinairement une tranche de quelque fruit.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of beignet
- beignets plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce beignet?
- /bɛ.ɲɛ/
- /be.ɲɛ/
- \bɛ.ɲɛ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to beignet
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is beignet in French?
beignet appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).