different between dessert vs halva

English

Etymology

Borrowed from 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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??z??t/
• (US) enPR: d?-zûrt, IPA^(key): /d??z?t/
• Homophone: desert (verb)
• Rhymes: -??(?)t

Noun

dessert (countable and uncountable, plural desserts)

1. A sweet confection served as the last course of a meal

Synonyms

• (sweet final course of a meal): afters (UK informal), pudding (UK), sweet (UK)

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ???? (dez?to)

Translations

Anagrams

• deserts, tressed

Danish

Etymology

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

Noun

dessert c (singular definite desserten, plural indefinite desserter)

1. dessert

Inflection

Further reading

• “dessert” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??s?r/, /d??s?rt/
• Hyphenation: des?sert
• Rhymes: -?r, -?rt

Noun

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

1. A dessert.

   Synonyms: nagerecht, naspijs, toespijs, toetje

Derived terms

• dessertkaart

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dessert

Estonian

Etymology

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

Noun

dessert (genitive desserdi, partitive desserti)

1. dessert

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

• magustoit

Further reading

• dessert in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /de.s??/

Noun

dessert m (plural desserts)

1. dessert, pudding

Derived terms

• cuillère à dessert

Descendants

Verb

dessert

1. third-person singular present indicative of desservir

Further reading

• “dessert” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• déserts

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French dessert

Noun

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

1. dessert

References

• “dessert” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French dessert

Noun

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

1. dessert

References

• “dessert” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romansch

Noun

dessert m (plural desserts)

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

Synonyms

• (Sutsilvan) dultsch

West Frisian

Etymology

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

Noun

dessert n (plural desserts, diminutive dessertsje)

1. dessert

Further reading

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

English

Alternative forms

• halvah, halwa, halwah, halava, halawa

Etymology

From Hebrew ?????? (khalvá), from Romanian halva, from Ottoman Turkish ????? (helva), from Persian ????? (halvâ), from Arabic ???????? (?alw?).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /h??l?v??/, /?h??lv??/

Noun

halva (countable and uncountable, plural halvas)

1. A confection usually made from crushed sesame seeds and honey. It is a traditional dessert in South Asia, the Mediterranean and the Middle East.

Translations

References

Further reading

• halva on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

From Hebrew ????? (halvá), from Romanian halva, from Ottoman Turkish ????? (helva), from Persian ????? (halvâ), from Arabic ???????? (?alw?).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: hal?va

Noun

halva f or m (plural halva's, diminutive halvaatje n)

1. halva

Estonian

Adjective

halva

1. genitive singular of halb

Finnish

Noun

halva

1. halva

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /al.va/

Noun

halva m (plural halvas)

1. halva

Further reading

• “halva” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Hungarian

Etymology

hal (“to die”) +? -va (adverbial-participle suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?h?lv?]
• Hyphenation: hal?va
• Rhymes: -v?

Participle

halva

1. adverbial participle of hal (“to die”)

Adverb

halva

1. dead

Derived terms

• élve vagy halva

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *halpa. Cognates include Finnish halpa (“cheap”) and Estonian halb (“bad”).

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa, Soikkola) IPA^(key): /?h?l??/
• Hyphenation: hal?va

Adjective

halva (genitive halvan, partitive halvaa)

1. cheap
2. bad

Declension

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 43
• Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)?^[2], page 99

Italian

Noun

halva f

1. halva

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• halven

Noun

halva m or f

1. definite feminine singular of halve

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

halva f (definite singular halva, indefinite plural halver or halvor, definite plural halvene or halvone)

1. form removed with the spelling reform of 2012; superseded by halve
2. definite singular of halve

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ????? (helva), from Arabic ???????? (?alw?).

Noun

halva f (plural halvale)

1. halva

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ????? (helva) (Turkish helva), from Arabic ???????? (?alw?).

Noun

halva f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)

1. halva

Declension

Synonyms

• tahan halva

Swedish

Noun

halva c

1. halva

Noun

halva c

1. a half

Declension

Synonyms

• hälft

Related terms

• halv
• halvera