Meanings
noungingerbread man (plural gingerbread men)
plural gingerbread men
- A biscuit or cookie in the shape of a person and flavored with ginger.
Synonyms: gingerbread husband
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA biscuit or cookie in the shape of a person and flavored with ginger.
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Chinese Mandarin 薑餅人 /姜饼人
- 薑餅人 /姜饼人 (jiāngbǐng rén)a cookie in the shape of a person, flavored with ginger
Danish peberkagemand
- peberkagemanda cookie in the shape of a person, flavored with ginger
Estonian piparkoogimehike
- piparkoogimehikea cookie in the shape of a person, flavored with ginger
Finnish piparkakku-ukko
- piparkakku-ukkoa cookie in the shape of a person, flavored with ginger
French bonhomme de pain d'épices, bonhomme de pain d'épice
- bonhomme de pain d'épicesa cookie in the shape of a person, flavored with ginger
- bonhomme de pain d'épicea cookie in the shape of a person, flavored with ginger
German Pfefferkuchenmann, Lebkuchenmann
- Pfefferkuchenmanna cookie in the shape of a person, flavored with ginger
- Lebkuchenmanna cookie in the shape of a person, flavored with ginger
Greek μπισκοτάνθρωπος
- μπισκοτάνθρωπος (biskotánthropos)a cookie in the shape of a person, flavored with ginger
Hebrew אִישׁ לֶחֶם זַנְגְּבִיל
- אִישׁ לֶחֶם זַנְגְּבִיל ('ish lékhem zangvíl)a cookie in the shape of a person, flavored with ginger
Hungarian mézeskalács-figura
- mézeskalács-figuraa cookie in the shape of a person, flavored with ginger
Italian omino di pan di zenzero, omino di pan di spezie
- omino di pan di zenzeroa cookie in the shape of a person, flavored with ginger
- omino di pan di speziea cookie in the shape of a person, flavored with ginger
Japanese ジンジャーブレッドマン
- ジンジャーブレッドマン (jinjābureddo man)a cookie in the shape of a person, flavored with ginger
Norwegian Bokmål pepperkakemann
- pepperkakemanna cookie in the shape of a person, flavored with ginger
Polish piernikowy ludzik
- piernikowy ludzika cookie in the shape of a person, flavored with ginger
Portuguese homenzinho de gengibre
- homenzinho de gengibrea cookie in the shape of a person, flavored with ginger
Romanian om de turtă dulce
- om de turtă dulcea cookie in the shape of a person, flavored with ginger
Russian пря́ничный челове́чек, имби́рный челове́чек
- пря́ничный челове́чек (prjáničnyj čelovéček)a cookie in the shape of a person, flavored with ginger
- имби́рный челове́чек (imbírnyj čelovéček)a cookie in the shape of a person, flavored with ginger
Spanish hombre de jengibre, hombre de pan de jengibre
- hombre de jengibrea cookie in the shape of a person, flavored with ginger
- hombre de pan de jengibrea cookie in the shape of a person, flavored with ginger
Swedish pepparkaksgubbe, pepparkaksgumma
- pepparkaksgubbea cookie in the shape of a person, flavored with ginger
- pepparkaksgummaa cookie in the shape of a person, flavored with ginger
Thai มนุษย์ขนมปังขิง
- มนุษย์ขนมปังขิง (má-nút kà-nǒm bpang kǐng)a cookie in the shape of a person, flavored with ginger
Vietnamese bánh quy gừng
- bánh quy gừnga cookie in the shape of a person, flavored with ginger
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gingerbread man. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gingerbread%20man
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“gingerbread man.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gingerbread%20man. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gingerbread man,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gingerbread%20man.
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