kouign

Breton

Etymology

Borrowed from presumed older French *cuigne, attested in various dialects as cuignet, cuignot, cuignole, quignon, etc., from coin (“wedge”), from Latin cuneus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kuɲ/

Noun

kouign m (plural kouignoù)

cake, bun, brioche

Inflection

Mutation of kouign

Breton consonant mutation
	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	kouign	gouign	c'houign	unchanged
plural	kouignoù	gouignoù	c'houignoù	unchanged

Descendants

→⇒ English: kouign-amann
→⇒ French: kouign-amann

References

Deshayes, Albert (2003), “kuign”, in Dictionnaire étymologique du breton (in French), Douarnenez: Le Chasse-Marée, →ISBN
Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “cuneolus”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 2: C Q K, page 1530

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