biskuit

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch biscuit (“biscuit, cookie”), from French biscuit (“biscuit, cookie”), from Old French bescuit, from bescuire, equivalent to bis- +‎ cuit, or from Medieval Latin biscoctus, from Latin bis (“twice”) coctus (“cooked”). Doublet of beskit.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /bisˈkuit/ [bisˈku.ɪt̪̚]
  • Rhymes: -it
  • Syllabification: bis‧ku‧it

Noun

biskuit (plural biskuit-biskuit)

  1. biscuit

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