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See also: dónut, dònut, Donut, and dönüt

English

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Etymology

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Alteration of doughnut, from dough +‎ nut. Attested 1900.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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donut (plural donuts)

  1. (chiefly Canada, US, Australia) Alternative spelling of doughnut.
    • 1900, George Wilbur Peck, Peck's bad boy and his pa, Stanton and Van Vliet, page 107:
      []Pa said he guessed he hadn't got much appetite, and he would just drink a cup of coffee and eat a donut.
    • 2021 March 10, Drachinifel, 20:44 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - The Big Night Battle: Night 1 (IJN 3(?) : 2 USN)[1], archived from the original on 17 October 2022:
      The Long Lances, however, were thick in the water, and soon Portland was hit in the stern, sending her turning donuts across the ocean trying to work out which way to point her guns, popping off occasional shots at Hiei, which, by now, was heavily ablaze and a very obvious target in the night.
    • 2016 January 12, “'Boy racer' fined over donut tribute to pal”, in Belfast Telegraph[2]:
      The court heard that at the junction of the Ballyveely Road, Leslie - who was driving a BMW - performed the 'donuts' as others looked on.

Usage notes

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  • This spelling was rare until the 1950s, but increasingly popular since then,[2] possibly influenced by the spread of Dunkin' Donuts (founded 1950).[3]

Derived terms

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Descendants

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References

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  1. ^ George Wilbur Peck, Peck’s bad boy and his pa, 1900, Stanton and Van Vliet, p. 107
  2. ^ donut, doughnut”, Google Ngram viewer
  3. ^ The Language Time Machine: Google’s Ngram Viewer gave us a new way to explore history, but has it led to any real discoveries?”, by Elizabeth Weingarten, Slate, Sept. 9, 2013

Anagrams

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English.

Noun

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donut

  1. a doughnut; a deep-fried piece of dough or batter

Dutch

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English donut, from older doughnut.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdoː.nʏt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: do‧nut

Noun

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donut m (plural donuts, diminutive donutje n)

  1. a doughnut, a donut
    De Amerikaanse veteraan was nog steeds verbolgen over de donuts van het Rode Kruis.
    The American veteran was still enraged about the donuts of the Red Cross.

Related terms

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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donut m (plural donuts)

  1. doughnut (deep-fried piece of dough or batter)
    Synonym: beignet

Portuguese

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English donut.

Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdow.nɐt͡ʃ/ [ˈdoʊ̯.nɐt͡ʃ], /ˈdow.nɐ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈdoʊ̯.nɐ.t͡ʃi], /ˈdɐ̃.nɐt͡ʃ/, /ˈdɐ̃.nɐ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈdow.nɐt͡ʃ/ [ˈdoʊ̯.nɐt͡ʃ], /ˈdow.nɐ.t͡ʃi/ [ˈdoʊ̯.nɐ.t͡ʃi], /ˈdɐ̃.nɐt͡ʃ/, /ˈdɐ̃.nɐ.t͡ʃi/

Noun

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donut m (plural donuts)

  1. alternative form of dónute

Further reading

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdonut/ [ˈd̪o.nut̪]
  • IPA(key): /ˈdonat/ [ˈd̪o.nat̪]
  • Syllabification: do‧nut

Noun

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donut m (plural donuts)

  1. alternative form of dónut (donut, doughnut)

Swedish

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👁 Image
Donuts to the left and munkar to the right, in a store.

Noun

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donut c

  1. doughnut (deep-fried toroidal piece of dough)
    Synonyms: munk, flottyrring

Declension

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References

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  • donut”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)

Turkish

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Alternative forms

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  • (spelled phonetically) donat

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English donut.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /doˈnut/, /ˈdo.nat/, /ˈda.nɯt/
  • Hyphenation: do‧nut

Noun

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donut (definite accusative donutu, plural donutlar)

  1. donut

Declension

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Declension of donut
singular plural
nominative donut donutlar
definite accusative donutu donutları
dative donuta donutlara
locative donutta donutlarda
ablative donuttan donutlardan
genitive donutun donutların

Further reading

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  • donut”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu