different between beigel vs bagel

English

Noun

beigel (plural beigels)

1. (Britain) Alternative spelling of bagel

Anagrams

• Belgie, Biegel, Geibel

English

Alternative forms

• beigel (UK)

Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish ?????? (beygl), ultimately from a diminutive of Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring”); compare obsolete English bee (“ring, metal ring, bracelet”), Middle English bege, beh, Old English b?ag, b?ah, Old Frisian b?g, Old Saxon b?g, Middle Low German b?g, Old Norse baugr; also compare dialectal Austrian German Beugel, Beigel. See also beag.

Pronunciation

• (General American, Received Pronunciation, Canada) IPA^(key): /?be??l?/
• (regional US) IPA^(key): /?b??l?/
• (Canada) IPA^(key): /?bæ?l?/
• Rhymes: -e???l, -æ??l

Noun

bagel (plural bagels)

1. A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.
2. (tennis, slang) A score of 6-0 in a set (after the shape of a bagel, which looks like a zero).
3. (slang, ethnic slur, South Africa) An overly materialistic and selfish young Jewish man.

Synonyms

• (spoiled young Jewish man): JAP (US, Australia), kugel (South Africa)

Derived terms

• bagel head
• everything bagel

Translations

See also

Verb

bagel (third-person singular simple present bagels, present participle bagelling or (US) bageling, simple past and past participle bagelled or (US) bageled)

1. (tennis) To achieve a score of 6–0 in a tennis set.
2. (sports) To hold an opponent to a score of zero.

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “bagel”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

Anagrams

• Gable, Gebal, gabel, gable, galbe, gleba

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English bagel, from Yiddish ?????? (beygl).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?be?.??l/
• Hyphenation: ba?gel

Noun

bagel m (plural bagels, diminutive bageltje n)

1. bagel (ring-shaped pastry)

Related terms

• beugel

French

Alternative forms

• baguel
• beguel

Etymology

From English bagel, from Yiddish ?????? (beygl); ultimately from Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *baug- (“ring”) plus *-il (noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba.??l/, /be.?œl/

Noun

bagel m (plural bagels)

1. bagel (toroidal bread roll)

Maranao

Noun

bagel

1. corrugation; ripple; wave

Portuguese

Etymology

From English bagel, from Yiddish ?????? (beygl); ultimately from Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *baug- (“ring”) plus *-il (noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?b?j?ew/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /?b?j??l/
• Hyphenation: ba?gel

Noun

bagel m (plural bagels)

1. bagel (toroidal bread roll)

Spanish

Alternative forms

• baguel

Etymology

From English bagel, from Yiddish ?????? (beygl); ultimately from Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *baug- (“ring”) plus *-il (noun suffix).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba??el/, [ba???el]
• Hyphenation: ba?gel

Noun

bagel m (plural bagels)

1. bagel (toroidal bread roll)