English
Noun
gingerbread man (plural gingerbread men)
- A biscuit or cookie in the shape of a person and flavored with ginger.
- Synonym: (obsolete) gingerbread husband
Derived terms
Translations
a cookie in the shape of a person, flavored with ginger
- Armenian: քաղցրաբլիթե մարդուկ (kʻaġcʻrablitʻe marduk), իմբիրից մարդուկ (imbiricʻ marduk)
- Belarusian: пе́рнікавы чалаве́чак m (pjérnikavy čalavjéčak)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 薑餅人 / 姜饼人 (jiāngbǐng rén)
- Danish: peberkagemand c
- Estonian: piparkoogimehike
- Finnish: piparkakku-ukko
- French: bonhomme de pain d'épices m, bonhomme de pain d'épice m
- German: Pfefferkuchenmann m, Lebkuchenmann m
- Hebrew: אִישׁ לֶחֶם זַנְגְּבִיל m ('ish lékhem zangvíl)
- Hungarian: mézeskalács-figura
- Italian: omino di pan di zenzero m, omino di pan di spezie m
- Japanese: ジンジャーブレッドマン (jinjābureddo man)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: pepperkakemann m
- Nynorsk: peparkakemann m
- Polish: piernikowy ludzik m
- Portuguese: homenzinho de gengibre m
- Romanian: om de turtă dulce m
- Russian: пря́ничный челове́чек m (prjáničnyj čelovéček), имби́рный челове́чек m (imbírnyj čelovéček)
- Spanish: hombre de jengibre m, hombre de pan de jengibre m
- Swedish: pepparkaksgubbe (sv) c, (lady-shaped) pepparkaksgumma (sv) c
- Thai: มนุษย์ขนมปังขิง (má-nút kà-nǒm bpang kǐng)
- Vietnamese: bánh quy gừng
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