baguette

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/bæˈɡɛt/

noun

A narrow, relatively long rectangular shape.

Less commonScrabble 11

Meanings

nounbaguette (plural baguettes)

plural baguettes

  1. A narrow, relatively long rectangular shape.
  2. A gem cut in such a shape.
  3. A variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape.
  4. architectureA small molding, like the astragal, but smaller; a bead.
  5. biologyOne of the minute bodies seen in the divided nucleoli of some Infusoria after conjugation.
  6. ethnicmildlyoffensiveslangslurA French person, or a person of French descent.

    Synonyms: frog

  7. USslangMoney.

    I ain't pray for these baguettes, I prayed for better days (Better days)

    2021, “Outside (Better Days)”, in Holy Goat 2, performed by Blueface and OG Bobby Billions

    Synonyms: bread, ackers, bees and honey, blunt, bones, brass, bread, bread and honey

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA French person, or a person of French descent.

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More synonyms by meaning

nounnarrow French stick loaf

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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latinbaculum
  2. Vulgar Latin*baclitta
  3. Italianbacchetta
  4. Frenchbaguette
  5. Englishbaguette

Borrowed from French baguette (“stick”), from Italian bacchetta.

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Translations

Arabic بَاغِيت
  • بَاغِيت (bāget)a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Bulgarian издължена правоъгълна форма, франзе́ла
  • издължена правоъгълна форма (izdălžena pravoăgălna forma)a narrow, relatively long rectangular shape
  • франзе́ла (franzéla)a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Catalan baguet
  • bagueta variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Chinese Cantonese 百吉包, 長法包 /长法包
  • 百吉包 (baak³ gat¹ baau¹)a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
  • 長法包 /长法包 (coeng⁴ faat³ baau¹)a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Chinese Mandarin 法式長棍麵包 /法式长棍面包, 法棍麵包 /法棍面包
  • 法式長棍麵包 /法式长棍面包 (Fǎshì chánggùn miànbāo)a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
  • 法棍麵包 /法棍面包 (Fǎgùn miànbāo)a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
  • 法棍 (fǎgùn)a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Czech bageta
  • bagetaa variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Danish flute
  • flutea variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Dutch stokbrood, fransoos
  • stokbrooda variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
  • fransoosethnic slur: a french person
  • franskiljonethnic slur: a french person
Esperanto bastonpano
  • bastonpanoa variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Finnish patonki, ranskanleipä
  • patonkia variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
  • ranskanleipäa variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
French baguette
  • baguettea variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
German Baguette
  • Baguettea variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Greek μπαγκέτα
  • μπαγκέτα (bagkéta)a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Hebrew בָּגֶט
  • בָּגֶט (bagét)a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Icelandic snittubrauð
  • snittubrauða narrow, relatively long rectangular shape
Italian baguette
  • baguettea variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Japanese バゲット, フランスパン
  • バゲット (bagetto)a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
  • フランスパン (Furansu pan)a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Korean 바게트, 프랑스빵
  • 바게트 (bageteu)a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
  • 프랑스빵 (peurangseuppang)a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Norwegian Bokmål bagett
  • bagetta variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Persian باگت
  • باگت (bâget)a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Polish bagietka
  • bagietkaa variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Portuguese baguete
  • baguetea variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Romanian baghetă
  • baghetăa variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Russian баге́т
  • баге́т (bagét)a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Slovak bageta
  • bagetaa variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Spanish baguete, baguette
  • baguetea variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
  • baguettea variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
  • barra de pana variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Swedish baguette, pain riche
  • baguettea variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
  • pain richea variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Thai บาแก็ต
  • บาแก็ต (baa-gɛ̀t)a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Turkish francala, baget
  • francalaa variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
  • bageta variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Ukrainian баге́т
  • баге́т (bahét)a variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Vietnamese bánh mì, bánh mì Pháp
  • bánh mìa variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
  • bánh mì Phápa variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Welsh bagét
  • bagéta variety of bread that is long and narrow in shape
Cite this entry
APA

baguette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baguette

MLA

“baguette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/baguette. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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