verb · transitive · rare

gingerbread

gin·ger·bread

gingerbread · gingerbreads · gingerbreaded · gingerbreading

пряник, імбирний пряник

пряник, имбирный пряник, коврижка

Lebkuchen, Pfefferkuchen, Honigkuchen, Gewürzkuchen

To decorate or embellish in an ornate or intricate wayTo decorate or embellish in an ornate or intricate way.

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UK/ˈd͡ʒɪn.(d͡)ʒəˌbɹɛd/US/ˈd͡ʒɪn.d͡ʒɚˌbɹɛd/

» Toruń is famous for its gingerbread.

Thorn ist für seinen Lebkuchen weltbekannt.

Meaning

1 senses

(idiomatic, uncommon)To decorate or embellish in an ornate or intricate way.
Pfefferkuchen, Lebkuchen, Ingwerbrot
пря́никprjánik, имби́рный пря́никimbírnyj prjánik, коври́жкаkovrížka
пря́никprjányk, імби́рний пря́никimbýrnyj prjányk

Examples

17 sentences

Toruń is famous for its gingerbread.
deThorn ist für seinen Lebkuchen weltbekannt. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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Tom is good at baking gingerbread.
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Tom lives in a gingerbread house.
ruТом живёт в пряничном домике. — marafon
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Tom and Mary made some gingerbread squirrels.
deTom und Maria machten ein paar Pfefferkucheneichhörnchen. — raggione
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This is my favorite gingerbread cookie recipe.
deDas ist mein Lieblingslebkuchenplätzchenrezept. — raggione
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

type of cake:

Русский

By meaning 1

type of cake:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

type of cake:

Origin

From Middle English gyngebred, gyngebrede, from Old French gingembras, gingimbrat (“preser

From Middle English gyngebred, gyngebrede, from Old French gingembras, gingimbrat (“preserved ginger”), from Medieval Latin *gingimbrātus (“gingered”, presumably referring to ginger that perhaps had a pharmaceutical use for some medicinal preparation), with the intrusive m added to gingiber, from Latin zingiber (“ginger”), of earlier Sanskrit origin, through Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis). The third syllable was earlier confounded with bread, and the insertion of an r in the second syllable completed the semblance of a compound word: ginger + bread.

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Forms

gingerbreads, gingerbreading, gingerbreaded, gingerbreaded

Base form	gingerbread · to gingerbread
3rd person singular	gingerbreads
Present participle	gingerbreading
Past simple	gingerbreaded
Past participle	gingerbreaded