nougat

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Australia, New Zealand/ˈnuːɡɑː/UK/ˈnʌɡɪt/Canada, US/ˈnuɡət/

noun

A mixture consisting of egg white and a sweetener, variously mixed with (in western Europe) almonds or (in eastern Europe) hazelnuts or (in US) used without nuts as a filler in candy bars.

OriginFrench nougat ← Occitan nogat ← Latin nux →
UncommonScrabble 7
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Meanings

nounnougat (countable and uncountable, plural nougats)

plural nougats

  1. uncountableA mixture consisting of egg white and a sweetener, variously mixed with (in western Europe) almonds or (in eastern Europe) hazelnuts or (in US) used without nuts as a filler in candy bars.

    Cake Nogat: This nogat may be made in moulds, or square pieces.

    1827, Guglielmo A. Jarrin, Italian Confectioner […] , 3rd edition, page 24
    2 more examples

    […](being twenty four and never screwed but in her soft nougat thighs)[…]

    1999, Lyn Lifshin, “In Spite of His Dangling Pronoun”, in Before It's Light, page 29

    […]it helps that Snickers offers the holy trinity of confection: nougat, caramel and peanuts[…]

    2014 February 18, Sarah Begley, “The 13 Most Influential Candy Bars of All Time”, in Time, archived from the original on 22 Dec 2021
  2. countableA piece of this mixture, typically eaten as a confection.

    When you make a nougat of large dimensions, put in the almonds a few at a time.

    1846, Antoine B. Beauvilliers, A Complete System of French Domestic Cookery […] , volume VI, page 235

Synonyms & antonyms

Narrower
Viennese nougat

Origin

  1. Latinnux“nut”
  2. Occitannogat
  3. Frenchnougat
  4. Englishnougat

From French nougat, from Occitan nogat, from noga (“nut”), ultimately from Latin nux (“nut”) + -atus (“-ate, forming adjectives and substantives having or resembling some thing or trait”). Compare Spanish nuégado.

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Translations

Arabic نُوغَة, ناطف
  • نُوغَة (nūḡa)a confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
  • ناطف (nāṭif)a confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
  • قُبَّيْط (qubbayṭ)a confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Basque nogat
  • nogata confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Bulgarian нуга
  • нуга (nuga)a confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Catalan nogat
  • nogata confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Chinese Mandarin 牛軋糖 /牛轧糖
  • 牛軋糖 /牛轧糖 (niúzhátáng, niúgátáng)a confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Czech nugát
  • nugáta confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Danish nougat
  • nougata confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Dutch noga, nougat
  • nogaa confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
  • nougata confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Esperanto nugato
  • nugatoa confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Estonian nugat
  • nugata confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Finnish nougat, nugaa
  • nougata confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
  • nugaaa confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
French nougat, nougatine
  • nougata confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
  • nougatinea confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
German Nougat
  • Nougata confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Greek μαντολάτο
  • μαντολάτο (mantoláto)a confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Hebrew נוגט
  • נוגט (núgat)a confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Hindi नूगा
  • नूगा (nūgā)a confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Hungarian nugát
  • nugáta confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Italian torrone, mandorlato
  • torronea confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
  • mandorlatoa confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Japanese ヌガー
  • ヌガー (nugā)a confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Korean 누가
  • 누가 (nuga)a confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Latin nucatum
  • nucatuma confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Latvian nuga
  • nugaa confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Lithuanian nuga
  • nugaa confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Malay nugat
  • nugata confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Norwegian Bokmål nougat, nugat
  • nougata confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
  • nugata confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Persian نوقا, گز
  • نوقا (nuga)a confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
  • گز (gaz)a confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
  • لوکا (loka)a confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Polish nugat
  • nugata confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Portuguese nogado, nougat
  • nogadoa confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
  • nougata confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
  • torronea confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
  • mandolatea confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Romanian nuga
  • nugaa confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Russian нуга́
  • нуга́ (nugá)a confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Slovak nugát
  • nugáta confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Spanish turrón francés, nuégado
  • turrón francésa confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
  • nuégadoa confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Swedish nougat
  • nougata confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Thai ตังเม, แตงเม
  • ตังเม (dtang-mee)a confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
  • แตงเม (dtɛɛng-mee)a confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Vietnamese kẹo nu-ga
  • kẹo nu-gaa confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Welsh nyget
  • nygeta confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
Yiddish נוגאַט
  • נוגאַט (nugat)a confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Chicago

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