dessert

See also:desert,dêssèrt,andDessert

English

Alternative forms

• desert(obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed fromMiddle Frenchdessert,fromdesservir(“disserve”),fromdés-(“dis-”)andservir(“serve”),thus literally meaning “removal of what has been served”.

Note:It was erroneously suggested (e.g. in"Glucose syrups: Technology and Applications"(Peter Hull, 2010)) that the word is derived from the name of Benjamin Delessert, the inventor of beet sugar. However, the term predates him by at least a century.

Pronunciation

• (UK)IPA^(key):/dɪˈzɜːt/
• (US)enPR:dĭ-zûrt,IPA^(key):/dɪˈzɝt/

• Audio(US):

  (file)

• Homophone:desert(noun sense “that which is deserved”, verb)
• Rhymes:-ɜː(ɹ)t

Noun

dessert(countableanduncountable,pluraldesserts)

1. The lastcourseof ameal,consisting of fruit,sweetconfectionsetc.

   I ordered hummus for a starter, a steak as the main course, and chocolate cake fordessert.

   Can I see thedessertmenu, please?

2. Asweetdish orconfectionserved as the lastcourseof ameal.

   Trifleis a favouritedessertof the English, but rivalled bypavlovain Australia and New Zealand.

Synonyms

• (sweet final course of a meal):afters(UK informal),pudding(UK),sweet(UK)

Derived terms

• dessert bar
• dessert fork
• dessertful
• dessert grape
• dessertless
• dessertlike
• dessert-plate
• dessertspoon
• dessert spoon
• dessertware
• dessert wine
• desserty
• nondessert
• predessert

Descendants

• →Japanese:デザート(dezāto)

Translations

sweet confection served as the last course of a meal

• Albanian:ëmbëlsirë(sq)f
• Arabic:حَلْوَىf(ḥalwā),حَلْوَيَاتfpl(ḥalwayāt),تَحْلِيَةf(taḥliya)
• Armenian:աղանդեր(hy)(aġander),դեսերտ(hy)(desert)
• Azerbaijani:desert(az),çərəz(az)
• Belarusian:дэсе́ртm(desjért),дэсэ́ртm(desért)(Taraškievica),сало́дкаеn(salódkaje)
• Bengali:ডেজার্ট(ḍejarṭo)
• Bulgarian:десе́рт(bg)m(desért)
• Burmese:အချို(my)(a.hkyui),အချိုပွဲ(my)(a.hkyui-pwai:)
• Catalan:postres(ca)fpl,darreries(ca)fpl
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Điểm tâm／Điểm tâm(zh)(diǎnxīn),XanHậuĐiềm điểm／XanHậuĐiềm điểm(cānhòu tiándiǎn),Điềm thực(zh)(tiánshí),Điềm điểm／Điềm điểm(zh)(tiándiǎn),(Western)Tây điểm／Tây điểm(zh)(xīdiǎn)

• Czech:zákusekm,dezertm
• Danish:dessert(da)c
• Dutch:dessert(nl)n,nagerecht(nl)n,toetje(nl)n
• Esperanto:postmanĝaĵo,deserto(eo)
• Estonian:magustoit,dessert(et)
• Finnish:jälkiruoka(fi)
• French:dessert(fr)m
• Galician:postrem,lamberetem
• Georgian:დესერტი(deserṭi)
• German:Nachtisch(de)m,Nachspeise(de)f,Dessert(de)n
• Greek:γλυκό(el)n(glykó),επιδόρπιο(el)n(epidórpio)

  Ancient:τράγημαn(trágēma)

• Haitian Creole:desè
• Hawaiian:monamona
• Hebrew:קינוח \ קִנּוּחַ(he)m(kinuakh)
• Hindi:मिठाई(hi)f(miṭhāī),हलवा(hi)m(halvā),डेज़र्ट(ḍezarṭ)
• Hungarian:desszert(hu)
• Hunsrik:Nohdischm
• Icelandic:eftirrétturm
• Ido:desero(io)
• Indonesian:disert,pencuci mulut(id)
• Ingrian:herkku
• Irish:milseog(ga)f
• Italian:dolce(it)m,dessert(it)m
• Japanese:(general)デザート(ja)(dezāto);(only for a sweet one)スイーツ(ja)(suītsu)
• Kazakh:десерт(desert)
• Khmer:បង្អែម(km)(bɑngʼaem)
• Korean:후식( hậu thực )(ko)(husik),디저트(ko)(dijeoteu)
• Kurdish:

  Northern Kurdish:şîranî(ku)

• Kyrgyz:десерт(ky)(desert)
• Lao:ຂອງຫວານ(khǭng wān)
• Latin:bellarianpl,secundamensaf
• Latvian:desertsm,saldais ēdiens
• Lithuanian:desertasm
• Luxembourgish:Dessertm
• Macedonian:десертm(desert)
• Malay:pencuci mulut
• Maori:purini,towhiro
• Mongolian:амттан(mn)(amttan)
• Norman:dêssèrtm
• Norwegian:dessert(no)
• Papiamentu:pasaboca,pasaboka
• Persian:دسر(fa)(deser)
• Plautdietsch:Läpelkostf
• Polish:deser(pl)m
• Portuguese:sobremesa(pt)
• Romanian:desert(ro)n
• Russian:десе́рт(ru)m(desért),сла́дкое(ru)n(sládkoje)
• Scottish Gaelic:mìlseanm,mìlsef
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:посластицаf,сластицаf,слаткоn,дезертm

  Roman:poslastica(sh)f,slastica(sh)f,slatko(sh)n,dezert(sh)m

• Slovak:dezert(sk)m
• Slovene:sladicaf
• Spanish:dulce(es)m,postre(es)m
• Swedish:efterrätt(sv)c
• Tagalog:panghimagas
• Tajik:десерт(desert)
• Thai:อาหารหวาน(th)(aa-hǎan-wǎan),ขนม(th)(kà-nǒm),ของหวาน(th)(kɔ̌ɔng-wǎan)
• Turkish:tatlı(tr)
• Turkmen:desert
• Ukrainian:десе́ртm(desért),соло́дкеn(solódke)
• Urdu:میٹھائیf(miṭhāī)
• Uzbek:desert(uz)
• Vietnamese:tráng miệng(vi)
• Volapük:poszib(vo)
• Welsh:melysfwyd(cy)m,pwdin(cy)m(informal)
• Yiddish:פֿאַרבײַסןn(farbaysn),דעסערטm(desert)
• Zazaki:şirane(diq)m

Anagrams

• deserts,tressed

Danish

Etymology

FromFrenchdessert,fromdesservir(“disserve”),fromdés-(“dis-”)andservir(“serve”).

Noun

dessertc(singular definitedesserten,plural indefinitedesserter)

1. dessert

Inflection

Declension ofdessert

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dessert	desserten	desserter	desserterne
genitive	desserts	dessertens	desserters	desserternes

Further reading

• “dessert”inDen Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed fromFrenchdessert,fromdesservir(“disserve”),fromdés-(“dis-”)andservir(“serve”),thus literally meaning “removal of what has been served”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/dɛˈsɛr/,/dɛˈsɛrt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation:des‧sert
• Rhymes:-ɛr,-ɛrt

Noun

dessertn(pluraldessertenordesserts,diminutivedessertjen)

1. adessert

   Synonyms:nagerecht,naspijs,toespijs,toetje

Derived terms

• dessertkaart

Descendants

• Afrikaans:dessert

Estonian

Etymology

GermanDessert.

Noun

dessert(genitivedesserdi,partitivedesserti)

1. dessert

Declension

Declension ofdessert(ÕS type22e/riik,t-dgradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		dessert	desserdid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	desserdi
genitive			dessertide
partitive		desserti	desserte dessertisid
illative		desserti desserdisse	dessertidesse desserdesse
inessive		desserdis	dessertides desserdes
elative		desserdist	dessertidest desserdest
allative		desserdile	dessertidele desserdele
adessive		desserdil	dessertidel desserdel
ablative		desserdilt	dessertidelt desserdelt
translative		desserdiks	dessertideks desserdeks
terminative		desserdini	dessertideni
essive		desserdina	dessertidena
abessive		desserdita	dessertideta
comitative		desserdiga	dessertidega

Synonyms

• magustoit

Further reading

• “dessert”,in[EKSS]Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat[Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation),2009
• dessertinSõnaveeb(Eesti Keele Instituut)

French

Etymology

InheritedfromMiddle Frenchdessert,fromdesservir(“disserve”),fromdés-(“dis-”)+‎servir(“serve”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/de.sɛʁ/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

dessertm(pluraldesserts)

1. dessert,pudding

Derived terms

• cuillère à dessert

Descendants

• →Czech:dezert
• →Danish:dessert
• →Dutch:dessert(see there for further descendants)
• →English:dessert(see there for further descendants)
• →German:Dessert(see there for further descendants)
• →Norwegian Bokmål:dessert
• →Norwegian Nynorsk:dessert
• →Persian:دسر(deser)
• →Polish:deser

Verb

dessert

1. third-personsingularpresentindicativeofdesservir

Further reading

• “dessert”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Anagrams

• déserts

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

FromFrenchdessert.

Noun

dessertm(definite singulardesserten,indefinite pluraldesserter,definite pluraldessertene)

1. dessert

References

• “dessert”inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

FromFrenchdessert.

Noun

dessertm(definite singulardesserten,indefinite pluraldessertar,definite pluraldessertane)

1. dessert

References

• “dessert”inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romansch

Noun

dessertm(pluraldesserts)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun,Sursilvan,Sutsilvan,Surmiran,Puter,Vallader)dessert

Synonyms

• (Sutsilvan)dultsch

Swedish

Etymology

BorrowedfromFrenchdessert.

Noun

dessertc

1. (more fancy)dessert

   Synonym:efterrätt

Declension

Declension ofdessert

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	dessert	desserts
	definite	desserten	dessertens
plural	indefinite	desserter	desserters
	definite	desserterna	desserternas

Derived terms

• dessertost
• dessertsked
• desserttallrik
• dessertvin

Further reading

• dessertinSvenska Akademiens ordböcker
• dessertin Elof Hellquist,Svensk etymologisk ordbok(1st ed., 1922)

West Frisian

Etymology

(Thisetymologyis missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)

Noun

dessertn(pluraldesserts,diminutivedessertsje)

1. dessert

Further reading

• “dessert”,inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal(in Dutch),2011