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kouign-amann

/ˌkwin æˈmæn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
kouign-a-mann
IPA
/ˌkwin æˈmæn/
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A traditional Breton cake made of layers of butter, dough, and sugar.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Breton kouign-amann, from kouign (“brioche; bun; cake”) (ultimately from Latin cuneus (“wedge”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- (“sharp”)) + amann (“butter”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₃engʷ- (“to anoint; to smear”)).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *h₂eḱ-, kouign-amann, cuneus, *h₃engʷ-

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌkwin æˈmæn/
  • British English: /ˌkwiːn æˈmæn/

Usage

Inflected Forms

kouign-amanns (plural)

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce kouign-amann?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌkwin æˈmæn/.
What does kouign-amann mean?
A traditional Breton cake made of layers of butter, dough, and sugar.
Where does kouign-amann come from?
It is traced to Latin.

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