different between picnic vs muffin

English

Alternative forms

• picknick (archaic)

Etymology

Borrowed from French pique-nique.

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?k?-n?k, IPA^(key): /?p?kn?k/
• Rhymes: -?kn?k
• Hyphenation: pic?nic

Noun

picnic (plural picnics)

1. An informal social gathering, usually in a natural outdoor setting, to which the participants bring their own food and drink.

2. The meal eaten at such a gathering.
3. (figuratively) An easy or pleasant task.

   Synonym: piece of cake
4. (obsolete) An entertainment at which each person contributed some dish to a common table.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Japanese: ????? (pikunikku)

Translations

See also

• packed lunch

Verb

picnic (third-person singular simple present picnics, present participle picnicking, simple past and past participle picnicked)

1. To take part in a picnic.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English picnic, from French pique-nique.

Pronunciation

Noun

picnic m (invariable)

1. picnic (outdoor meal)

Romanian

Etymology

From French pique-nique

Noun

picnic n (plural picnicuri)

1. picnic

Declension

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English picnic, from French pique-nique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pi?nik/, [?pi??.nik]

Noun

picnic m (plural picnics)

1. Misspelling of pícnic.

English

Etymology

From earlier moofin, of uncertain origin. Possibly from Low German muffen, plural of muffe (“small cake”), or perhaps a diminutive of muffe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?m?f?n/
• Rhymes: -?f?n

Noun

muffin (plural muffins)

1. (Britain) A type of flattish bun, usually cut in two horizontally, toasted and spread with butter, etc, before being eaten.
2. (US) A type of individual bread such as corn, bran, banana or zucchini bread often sliced and spread with butter, etc before being eaten.
3. (especially US) (informally) A cupcake without frosting, but sometimes glazed.
4. (computing) A mechanism used in the Java Network Launching Protocol analogous to the cookie mechanism and which permits a program running in a browser to perform operations on a client machine.
5. (slang) Term of endearment.

   I love you, muffin!

6. (sexual slang) A vulva.
7. (baseball, slang) A less talented player; one who muffs, or drops the ball.
8. (slang) A charming, attractive young man. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
9. (dated) A small plate, smaller than a twiffler.

Quotations

(computing term):

• 2001: The name/value pairs provided by the PersistenceService are similar to browser cookies. The Java Web Start implementation honors this legacy by naming the pairs "muffins." — JNLP and Java Web Start, Sun Developer Network, Technical Articles and Tips, 30 May 2001.

(the vulva):

Synonyms

• (flattish bun): English muffin (US)

Derived terms

See also

• (term of endearment, small bread): cupcake

Translations

Danish

Etymology

From English muffin.

Noun

muffin c (singular definite muffinen, plural indefinite muffins)

1. muffin (cake)

Declension

French

Etymology

From English muffin.

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /mœ.fin/
• (Quebec) IPA^(key): /m?.fin/, /m?.fœn/

Noun

muffin m (plural muffins)

1. muffin

Further reading

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

Polish

Alternative forms

• muffinka
• muffinek

Etymology

From English muffin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ma.f?in/

Noun

muffin m anim

1. muffin (cake)

Declension

Further reading

• muffin in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• muffin in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

From English muffin.

Noun

muffin m (plural muffins)

1. muffin (type of small cake)

   Synonyms: queque, bolo inglês