Meaning

9 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.

    Kuchen, Torte

    тортtort, пиро́жноеpiróžnoje, кексkeks

    тортtort, ті́стечкоtístečko, кексkeks

    food made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat, typically cooked in an oven

  2. (countable, uncountable)A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough.

    an oatmeal cake

    a johnnycake

    small flat mass of chopped or ground food

  3. (countable, uncountable)A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake.

    buckwheat cakes

    блинblin, лепёшкаlepjóška

  4. (countable, uncountable)A block of any various dense materials.

    a cake of soap

    a cake of sand

    Stück

    пли́ткаplítka, лепёшкаlepjóška, кусо́кkusók

  5. (countable, slang, uncountable)Synonym of money.

  6. (countable, slang, uncountable)Synonym of buttocks, especially a pair that are exceptionally plump or full.

    Since I started doing squats, I've built up some serious cake.

  7. (countable, uncountable)A multishot fireworks assembly comprising several tubes, each with a fireworks effect, lit by a single fuse.

    Feuerwerksbatterie

  8. (UK, countable, figuratively, uncountable)Synonym of pie, the whole of a wealth or resource, to be divided into parts.

  9. (UK, countable, obsolete, slang, uncountable)A foolish person.

Examples

1867 sentences
  1. Please help yourself to the cake.

    Будь ласка, пригощайся тортиком.

    ruПожалуйста, угощайтесь тортиком.

    deBitte bedienen Sie sich selbst beim Kuchen.

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  2. Will you have some more cake?

    Візьмеш ще пирога?

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  3. How about another piece of cake?

    Хочеш ще шматочок торта?

    deWie wäre es mit noch einem Stück Kuchen?

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  4. My mother is making a cake.

    Мама робить торт.

    ruМоя мама делает торт.

    deMeine Mutter ist dabei einen Kuchen zu machen.

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  5. Who wants another piece of cake?

    Хто хоче ще шматочек торту?

    ruКто хочет ещё кусочек торта?

    deWer will noch ein Stück Kuchen?

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
type of sweet dessert:
Русский
By meaning 3
type of sweet dessert:
thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter:
block of dense material:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
type of sweet dessert:
block of dense material:
multi-shot fireworks assembly:

Origin

From Middle English cake, from Old Norse kaka (“cake”) (compare Norwegian kake, Icelandic/

From Middle English cake, from Old Norse kaka (“cake”) (compare Norwegian kake, Icelandic/Swedish kaka, Danish kage), from Proto-Germanic *kakǭ, of disputed origin. Likely a distant cognate with kaak. Perhaps related to cookie, kuchen, and quiche. Doublet of coca (pastry).

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