BAGUETTE Definition & Meaning

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Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a long, narrow loaf of French bread. Compare batard ( def ), boule ¹( def 1 ).
Jewelry.
1. a rectangular shape given to a small gem, especially a diamond, by cutting and polishing.
2. a gem having this shape.
Architecture. a small convex molding, especially one of semicircular section.

baguette

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noun

a narrow French stick loaf
a small gem cut as a long rectangle
the shape of such a gem
architect a small moulding having a semicircular cross section

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of baguette¹

First recorded in 1720–30; from French, from Italian bacchetta “little stick,” equivalent to bacch(io) “stick” (from Latin baculus “stick, walking stick, scepter”) + -etta -ette

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of baguette¹

C18: from French, from Italian bacchetta a little stick, from bacchio rod, from Latin baculum walking stick

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