different between lagniappe vs broadus

English

Alternative forms

• lagnappe, lanyap, lanyappe

Etymology

Cajun French lagniappe, from Spanish la ñapa, a variant of yapa (“small gift or additional quantity given to a valued customer”), from Quechua yapa (“addition, increase, supplement; lagniappe”), yapay (“addition; sum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /læn?jæp/, /?lænjæp/
• Rhymes: -æp
• Hyphenation: la?gniappe

Noun

lagniappe (plural lagniappes)

1. (chiefly Louisiana, Mississippi, Trinidad and Tobago) An extra or unexpected gift or benefit, such as that given to customers when they purchase something.

   Synonyms: (chiefly Southern US) brotus, (South Africa) pasella, (Ireland) tilly

Translations

Coordinate terms

• luck penny

References

Further reading

• lagniappe on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• appealing, panplegia

French

Etymology

From Spanish la ñapa, a variant of yapa, from Quechua yapa (“addition, increase supplement”), yapay (“addition; sum”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la.?ap/
• Rhymes: -ap

Noun

lagniappe m (plural lagniappes)

1. (Louisiana) tip (extra money given to e.g. a waiter in appreciation of service)
2. (Louisiana) lagniappe (extra or unexpected gift or benefit to e.g. a customer)
3. (Louisiana) windfall, unexpected turn of good fortune

English

Noun

broadus (plural broaduses)

1. (Southern US, African-American Vernacular) Alternative form of brotus

Anagrams

• radoubs