different between madeleine vs cupcake

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French madeleine, from earlier gâteau à la Madeleine, after the given name Madeleine (“Magdalene”), of uncertain reference: attributed in some sources to a 19th-century pastry cook Madeleine Paulmier, whose existence is now considered dubious.

In sense 2, used with reference to the cake's function in the extract below, taken from Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?mad(?)l?n/, /?mad(?)l?n/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?mæd?l?n/, /?mæd??le?n/

Noun

madeleine (plural madeleines)

1. A French type of small gateau or sponge cake, often shaped like an elongated scallop shell.
2. (figuratively) Something which brings back a memory; a source of nostalgia or evocative memories.

Translations

Further reading

• “madeleine”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “madeleine” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• madeleine on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from French madeleine.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?del?i?n/, [?m?de?l?i?n]

Noun

madeleine

1. madeleine (small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell)

   Synonym: madeleine-leivos

Declension

French

Etymology

From earlier gâteau à la Madeleine, after the given name Madeleine (“Magdalene”), of uncertain reference: see more above.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.dl?n/

• Rhymes: -?n

Noun

madeleine f (plural madeleines)

1. madeleine (small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell)
2. (figuratively) madeleine (something which brings back a memory)

Derived terms

• pleurer comme une madeleine

Descendants

• ? Catalan: magdalena
• ? English: madeleine
• ? German: Madeleine

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

cup +? cake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?pke?k/

Noun

cupcake (plural cupcakes)

1. A small cake baked in a paper container shaped like a cup, often with icing on top.
2. (slang) An attractive young woman.
3. (slang) A weak or effeminate man.
4. (dated) Term of endearment.

Synonyms

• (small cake): fairy cake
• (effeminate man): cockney, pansy, sissy; see also Thesaurus:effeminate man
• (attractive young woman): babe, fox, stunner; see also Thesaurus:beautiful woman
• (term of endearment): cabbage, heartmate, sweetie; see also Thesaurus:sweetheart

See also

• (small cake, term of endearment): muffin

Descendants

• ? German: Cupcake
• ? Hebrew: ???????? (kápkeik)

Translations

Verb

cupcake (third-person singular simple present cupcakes, present participle cupcaking, simple past and past participle cupcaked)

1. (slang, intransitive) To flirt; to talk or act amorously or intimately.
   • 2018, Carlos Bayne, Napkin Nights: The Crunk Chronicles

     Let's review the tale of the tape: My best friend is being held hostage, I boosted his ride and mobile, then cupcaked with a heater-packing widow-maker.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English cupcake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?p.ke?k/
• Hyphenation: cup?cake

Noun

cupcake m (plural cupcakes, diminutive cupcakeje n)

1. a cupcake

   Synonym: muffin

Derived terms

• cupcakemama

Related terms

• cake

Spanish

Noun

cupcake m (plural cupcakes)

1. cupcake