dessert

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See also: desert, dêssèrt, and Dessert

English

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Middle French dessert, from desservir (disserve), from dés- (dis-) and servir (serve), thus literally meaning “removal of what has been served”.

Note: It was erroneously suggested (e.g. in "Glucose syrups: Technology and Applications" (Peter Hull, 2010)) that the word is derived from the name of Benjamin Delessert, the inventor of beet sugar. However, the term predates him by at least a century.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dessert (countable and uncountable, plural desserts)

  1. The last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet confections etc.
    I ordered hummus for a starter, a steak as the main course, and chocolate cake for dessert.
    Can I see the dessert menu, please?
  2. A sweet dish or confection served as the last course of a meal.
    Trifle is a favourite dessert of the English, but rivalled by pavlova in Australia and New Zealand.

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Japanese: デザート (dezāto)

Translations

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Anagrams

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Danish

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Etymology

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From French dessert, from desservir (disserve), from dés- (dis-) and servir (serve).

Noun

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dessert c (singular definite desserten, plural indefinite desserter)

  1. dessert

Inflection

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Further reading

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French dessert, from desservir (disserve), from dés- (dis-) and servir (serve), thus literally meaning “removal of what has been served”.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dessert n (plural desserten or desserts, diminutive dessertje n)

  1. a dessert
    Synonyms: nagerecht, naspijs, toespijs, toetje

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Estonian

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Etymology

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German Dessert.

Noun

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dessert (genitive desserdi, partitive desserti)

  1. dessert

Declension

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Declension of dessert (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation)
singular plural
nominative dessert desserdid
accusative nom.
gen. desserdi
genitive dessertide
partitive desserti desserte
dessertisid
illative desserti
desserdisse
dessertidesse
desserdesse
inessive desserdis dessertides
desserdes
elative desserdist dessertidest
desserdest
allative desserdile dessertidele
desserdele
adessive desserdil dessertidel
desserdel
ablative desserdilt dessertidelt
desserdelt
translative desserdiks dessertideks
desserdeks
terminative desserdini dessertideni
essive desserdina dessertidena
abessive desserdita dessertideta
comitative desserdiga dessertidega

Synonyms

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Further reading

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  • dessert”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • dessert in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French dessert, from desservir (disserve), from dés- (dis-) +‎ servir (serve).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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dessert m (plural desserts)

  1. dessert, pudding

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Czech: dezert
  • Danish: dessert
  • Dutch: dessert (see there for further descendants)
  • English: dessert (see there for further descendants)
  • German: Dessert (see there for further descendants)
  • Norwegian Bokmål: dessert
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: dessert
  • Persian: دسر (deser)
  • Polish: deser

Verb

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dessert

  1. third-person singular present indicative of desservir

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From French dessert.

Noun

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dessert m (definite singular desserten, indefinite plural desserter, definite plural dessertene)

  1. dessert

References

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From French dessert.

Noun

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dessert m (definite singular desserten, indefinite plural dessertar, definite plural dessertane)

  1. dessert

References

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Romansch

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Noun

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dessert m (plural desserts)

  1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) dessert

Synonyms

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French dessert.

Noun

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dessert c

  1. (more fancy) dessert
    Synonym: efterrätt

Declension

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Declension of dessert 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative dessert desserten desserter desserterna
Genitive desserts dessertens desserters desserternas

Derived terms

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West Frisian

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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dessert n (plural desserts, diminutive dessertsje)

  1. dessert

Further reading

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  • dessert”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011