biskuwit

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English biscuit, from bisket, borrowed from Old French bescuit. Doublet of biskotso.

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bis‧ku‧wit
  • IPA(key): /biskuˈit/ [bɪs̪ˈkwit̪]

Noun

biskuwít

  1. biscuit
  2. cracker (crispy baked bread, usually salty or savoury)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from English biscuit, from earlier bisket, from Middle English bisquyte, from Old French bescuit, from Early Medieval Latin biscoctus (literally “twice baked”). Doublet of biskotso.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Tagalog) IPA(key): /ˈbiskuit/ [ˈbis.kwɪt̪̚], (dated) /biskuˈit/ [bɪsˈkwɪt̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -iskuit, (dated) -it
  • Syllabification: bis‧ku‧wit

Noun

bískuwít or biskuwít (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜆ᜔)

  1. biscuit; cracker
    Synonym: kraker
    • 1997, Ave Perez Jacob, Lagablab sa utak ni Damian Rosa at iba pang kuwento:
      Ipinatong ng marurusing na bata ang kanilang mga baba sa gilid ng mesa, inamoy ang mga kukis at biskuwit, nagkakahiyaang nagtinginan at nagngitian.
      The raggedy children rested their chins on the edge of the table, sniffed the cookies and biscuits, and bashfully glanced and smiled at each other.

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