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See also:cakëandçakë

English

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Particularly: “buttocks sense”
A slice of cake (1), specifically a slice of atorte.
A layer cake from which a slice has been removed.

Etymology

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Proto-Germanic*kakǭ
Old Norsekakabor.
Middle Englishcake
Englishcake

    FromMiddle Englishcake, fromOld Norsekaka(“cake”) (compareNorwegiankake, Icelandic/Swedishkaka, Danishkage), fromProto-Germanic*kakǭ, of disputed origin. Likely a distant cognate withkaak. Perhaps related tocookie,kuchen, andquiche.Doublet ofcoca(pastry).

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    Noun

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    cake (countable anduncountable,pluralcakes)

    2. Arich,sweet dessertfood, typically made offlour,sugar, andeggs and baked in anoven, and often covered inicing.
      Synonym:gateau
    3. A small mass of bakeddough, especially a thinloaf fromunleavened dough.
      an oatmealcake
      a johnnycake
    4. A thinwafer-shaped mass of friedbatter; agriddlecake orpancake.
      buckwheatcakes
    5. Ablock of any variousdense materials.
      Synonym:block
      acake of soap
      acake of sand
      • 1697,Virgil, “The First Book of theGeorgics”, inJohn Dryden, transl.,The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […],→OCLC:
        Cakes of rustling ice come rolling down the flood.
    6. (slang)Ellipsis ofpiece of cake: atrivially easytask orresponsibility.
      Synonyms:piece of cake;see alsoThesaurus:easy thing
      • 1996, “Ready or Not”, inThe Score, performed byFugees:
        Now that I escape, sleepwalk awake / Those who could relate know the world ain'tcake
    7. (slang)Money.
    8. Used to describe the doctrine ofhaving one'scake and eating it too.
      • 2018, The Guardian, "UK's aspirations for post-Brexit trade deal an illusion, says Donald Tusk", Daniel Boffey, Peter Walker, Jennifer Rankin, and Heather Stewart, 23 February 2018
        "It looks like thecake [and eat it] philosophy is still alive." Quote attributed toDonald Tusk.
    9. (slang) A pair ofbuttocks, especially one that is exceptionallyplump orfull.
      Synonyms:seeThesaurus:buttocks
      Since I started doing squats, I've built up some seriouscake.
    10. (pyrotechnics) Amultishotfireworksassembly comprising severaltubes, each with a fireworkseffect, lit by a singlefuse.

    Usage notes

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    • In North America, abiscuit is a small, soft baked bread similar to ascone but not sweet. In some cases, it can be hard (seedog biscuit). In the United Kingdom, abiscuit is a small, crisp or firm, sweet baked good — the sort of thing which in North America is called acookie. (Less frequently, British speakers refer tocrackers asbiscuits.) In North America, even small, layered baked sweets likeOreos are referred to ascookies, while in the UK, typically only thosebiscuits which have chocolate chips, nuts, fruit, or other things baked into them are also calledcookies.
    • Throughout the English-speaking world, thin, crispy, salty or savoury baked breads likein this image (saltine crackers) are calledcrackers, while thin, crispy, sweet baked goods likein this image (Nilla Wafers) andthis image (wafer sticks) arewafers.
    • Both the US and the UK distinguishcrackers,wafers andcookies/biscuits fromcakes: the former are generally hard or crisp and become soft whenstale, while the latter is generally soft or moist and becomes hard when stale.

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    From the pluralcakes:

    Translations

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    type of sweet dessert
    small mass of baked dough
    thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter
    block of dense material
    trivially easy task or responsibility—seepiece of cake
    slang: money—see alsomoney
    used to describe the doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too
    slang: plump buttocks
    multi-shot fireworks assembly
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    Verb

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    cake (third-person singular simple presentcakes,present participlecaking,simple past and past participlecaked)

    1. (transitive)Coat (something) with acrust of solid material.
      Synonyms:crust,encrust
      His shoes arecaked with mud.
    2. (transitive) To form into a cake, or mass.
    3. (intransitive) Of blood or other liquid, to dry out and become hard.

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    Translations

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    to coat with a crust
    to form into a cake or mass
    to dry out and become hard

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    Albanian

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    Noun

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    cake

    1. indefinitedative/ablativesingular ofcakë

    Ambonese Malay

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    Etymology

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    Compare toNorth Moluccan Malayceké(“to strangle, to choke, to eat (greedily)”).

    Verb

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    cake

    1. (angry register) toeat
      Synonym:makang
      Kalu ale sucake jang bicara lai! ―Do not speak when you're eating!

    References

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    • D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998),Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎[1], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

    Dutch

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    DutchWikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology

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    Borrowed fromEnglishcake.Doublet ofkaak.

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    Noun

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    cake m (pluralcakes,diminutivecakeje n)

    1. pound cake

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    Fijian

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    Etymology

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    FromProto-Oceanic*sake (compare withMaorieke,Samoaneʻe,Tonganheka), fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*sakay(“to ride on something”) (compare withIlocanosakáy(“to ride, to mound”) andTagalogsakáy(“passenger, load”)).

    Adverb

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    cake

    1. up

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    French

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    Un cake aujambon.

    Etymology

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    Borrowed fromEnglishcake.

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    Noun

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    cake m (pluralcakes)

    1. fruitcake (containing rum)
    2. quick bread (a smallish loaf-shaped baked good which may be sweet like an English cake or salty and with bits of meat. See insert)

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    Middle English

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    Alternative forms

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    Etymology

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      FromOld Norsekaka, fromProto-Germanic*kakǭ.

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      cake (pluralcakes)

      1. Acake(any sort of flat doughy food):
        1. (medicine) A cake prepared to curedisease orillness.
        2. (Christianity, rare) Acommunion wafer.
      2. (rare) Alump,boil, orball.

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      Spanish

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      Etymology

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      Unadapted borrowing fromEnglishcake, fromMiddle Englishcake, fromOld Norsekaka.Doublet ofqueque.

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      cake m (pluralcakes)

      1. cake;fruitcake

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      According toRoyal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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      Tocharian B

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      Etymology

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      FromProto-Indo-European*ték(ʷ)os.

      Noun

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      cake ?

      1. river

      References

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      • Adams, Douglas Q. (2013),A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European;10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi,→ISBN
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