wafer
English
/ˈweɪfə/
noun
Definitions
- A light, thin, flat biscuit/cookie.
- (christianity) A thin disk of consecrated unleavened bread used in communion.
- A soft disk originally made of flour, and later of gelatin or a similar substance, used to seal letters, attach papers etc.
- (electronics) A thin disk of silicon or other semiconductor on which an electronic circuit is produced.
Etymology
Derived from wafre.
Origin
wafre
Gloss
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Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- board English
- fuckwaffle English
- scale English
- slutwaffle English
- twatwaffle English
- waferboard English
- waferer English
- waferish English
- waferless English
- waferlike English
- waferscale English
- wafery English
- waffle English
- waffled English
- wafflehouse English
- waffler English
- waffly English
- wafer Italian
- wafel Dutch, Flemish
- wafer French
- waffle Spanish, Castilian
- wafle Spanish, Castilian
- wafer Portuguese
- waffle Portuguese
- ワッフル Japanese
- wafel Middle Dutch
- *wāvila Old Dutch
- 威化 Chinese
- 窩夫 Chinese
- 華夫 Chinese
- wafre xno