cake
English
/keɪk/
noun
Definitions
- A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
- A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough.
- A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake.
- A block of any of various dense materials.
- (slang) A trivially easy task or responsibility; from a piece of cake.
- (slang) Money.
- Used to describe the doctrine of have one's cake and eat it having one's cake and eating it too.
- (slang) A buttock, especially one that is exceptionally plump.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English cake derived from Old Norse kaka (cake) derived from Proto-Germanic *kakǭ (cake) derived from Proto-Indo-European *gog (ball-shaped object, round).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*gog
Gloss
ball-shaped object, round
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Property
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Welsh English
- Welsh cake English
- ash English
- ash cake English
- ashcake English
- baker English
- barm English
- barmcake English
- batter English
- battercake English
- bean English
- beancake English
- beef English
- beefcake English
- beefcakey English
- box English
- bread English
- breadcake English
- bride English
- bridecake English
- cakeage English
- cakebaker English
- cakebox English
- cakecrumb English
- cakehole English
- cakeism English
- cakeless English
- cakelessness English
- cakelike English
- cakemaker English
- cakemaking English
- cakeman English
- cakepan English
- cakery English
- cakes English
- cakeshop English
- cakestand English
- cakewoman English
- cakily English
- cakiness English
- caky English
- cheese English
- cheesecake English
- cheesecakey English
- clap English
- clapcake English
- coffee English
- coffee cake English
- corn English
- corncake English
- crumb English
- cup English
- cupcake English
- cupcakery English
- filter English
- filter cake English
- fish English
- fishcake English
- fried English
- friedcake English
- fruit English
- fruitcake English
- fuck English
- fuckcake English
- funnel English
- funnel cake English
- griddle English
- griddlecake English
- hoe English
- hoecake English
- hole English
- honey English
- honeycake English
- hot English
- hotcake English
- maker English
- making English
- moon English
- mooncake English
- nub English
- nubcake English
- nut English
- nutcake English
- oat English
- oatcake English
- oil English
- oilcake English
- pan English
- pancake English
- pancakelike English
- pancakey English
- plum English
- plumcake English
- pot English
- potcake English
- quiche English
- quichelike English
- seed English
- seedcake English
- shop English
- short English
- shortcake English
- soy English
- soycake English
- stand English
- tea English
- teacake English
- tharcake English
- tharf English
- uncake English
- woman English
- yellow English
- yellowcake English
- kakku Finnish
- Cupcake German
- Pancake German
- cheesecake Italian
- cake Dutch, Flemish
- cakeblik Dutch, Flemish
- cupcake Dutch, Flemish
- cake French
- quiche French
- shortcake French
- капкейк Russian
- кек Russian
- cake Spanish, Castilian
- cheescake Spanish, Castilian
- cheesecake Spanish, Castilian
- *gog Proto-Indo-European
- kake Norwegian Bokmål
- cheesecake Portuguese
- panqueca Portuguese
- *kakǭ Proto-Germanic
- カップケーキ Japanese
- ケーキ Japanese
- ショートケーキ Japanese
- チーズケーキ Japanese
- パンケーキ Japanese
- フルーツケーキ Japanese
- ホットケーキ Japanese
- kake Norwegian Nynorsk
- cake Middle English
- pancake Middle English
- pancóg Irish
- kaka Old Norse
- كعك Arabic
- كيك Arabic
- coca Catalan, Valencian
- cocaïna Catalan, Valencian
- केक Hindi
- คัพเค้ก Thai
- เค้ก Thai
- แพนเค้ก Thai
- hatkeyk Cebuano
- kapkeyk Cebuano
- keyk Cebuano
- pankeyk Cebuano
- keik Indonesian
- Welsh cêc Welsh
- cacen Welsh
- cacen fach Welsh
- cacen gri Welsh
- biftekkek Turkish
- kek Turkish
- køka Faroese
- keyk Tagalog
- ကိတ်မုန့် Burmese
- kek Albanian
- קאפקייק Hebrew (modern)
- coca Old Dutch
- কে’ক Assamese
- 克戟 Chinese
- 班戟 Chinese
- 鬼佬月餅——悶極 Chinese
- keki Swahili
- kaka Old Swedish
- 케이크 Korean
- 팬케이크 Korean
- ikhekhe Zulu
- cáca Middle Irish
- gog Northern Kurdish
- ikeki Xhosa
- ikeyiki Xhosa
- kek Tok Pisin
- ເຄັກ Lao
- כַּעְכָּא Aramaic
- keke Maori
- likhekhe Swati
- كيكة Hijazi Arabic
- kakæ Old Danish
- كيكة Gulf Arabic
- keke Fijian
- kek Fiji Hindi
- kèke’éna Taos
- epankeik Nauru
- keik Nauru
- soy
- nub
- oat
- cup
- pot
- tea
- pan
- box
- hoe
- nut
- hot
- oil
- ash
- seed
- clap
- fuck
- caky
- shop
- moon
- fish
- barm
- beef
- corn
- plum
- hole
- bean
- Welsh
- tharf
- bread
- woman
- bride
- fried
- stand
- crumb
- baker
- maker
- fruit
- cakes
- short
- honey
- funnel
- yellow
- filter
- cheese
- uncake
- making
- quiche
- cakery
- coffee
- cakily
- batter
- cakeman
- cakeage
- pancake
- potcake
- nutcake
- hoecake
- cakeism
- teacake
- oilcake
- hotcake
- oatcake
- cupcake
- nubcake
- cakebox
- ashcake
- cakepan
- soycake
- griddle
- beancake
- clapcake
- pancakey
- mooncake
- fishcake
- cakeless
- barmcake
- fuckcake
- ash cake
- beefcake
- cakehole
- cakiness
- cakelike
- plumcake
- tharcake
- cakeshop
- corncake
- seedcake
- breadcake
- friedcake
- cakebaker
- honeycake
- cakecrumb
- shortcake
- cakewoman
- bridecake
- fruitcake
- cakestand
- cakemaker
- cupcakery
- beefcakey
- cakemaking
- battercake
- cheesecake
- quichelike
- yellowcake
- Welsh cake
- cheesecakey
- funnel cake
- coffee cake
- griddlecake
- filter cake
- pancakelike
- cakelessness