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ladyfinger en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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• /ˈleɪdiˌfɪŋɡɚ/ (General-American)

Etymology

From lady + finger.

Meanings

1. A low-density, dry, egg-based, sweet sponge cake biscuit roughly shaped like a large finger.
   • Ladyfingers soaked in liqueur are the base of tiramisu, but I suppose you could just cut up a sponge cake instead.
2. A type of small banana.
3. A variety of small firecracker.
   • Grandpa would give each of the kids a strip of ladyfingers to light on New Year's Day.
4. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of lady's finger.
   alt of lady's finger

Forms

Deriveds

ladyfinger cactus

Relateds

lady's finger

Synonyms

finger biscuit · sponge finger · savoiardi · boudoir biscuit

Translations (24)

nl lange vinger (small sponge cake biscuit) · es soleta (small sponge cake biscuit) · ca savoiard (small sponge cake biscuit) · eo fingrobiskvito (small sponge cake biscuit) · eo fingreto (small sponge cake biscuit) · eo savoja biskvito (small sponge cake biscuit) · bg бишкота (small sponge cake biscuit) · fr boudoir (small sponge cake biscuit) · fi kissankieli (small sponge cake biscuit) · de Biskotte (small sponge cake biscuit) · it savoiardo (small sponge cake biscuit) · el σαβουαγιάρ (small sponge cake biscuit) · ca melindro (small sponge cake biscuit) · tr kedidili (small sponge cake biscuit) · de Löffelbiskuit (small sponge cake biscuit) · el σαβαγιάρ (small sponge cake biscuit) · es bizcocho de soletilla (small sponge cake biscuit) · tl bruwas (small sponge cake biscuit) · sh пишкота (small sponge cake biscuit) · fi papatti (type of small firecracker) · cs piškot (small sponge cake biscuit) · ro pișcot (small sponge cake biscuit) · hu babapiskóta (small sponge cake biscuit) · de Katzenzunge (small sponge cake biscuit)