waffle
English
/ˈwɒ.fl/, /ˈwɑ.fl/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) A flat pastry pressed with a grid pattern.
- (countable) A potato waffle, a savoury flat potato cake with the same kind of grid pattern.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch, Flemish wafel derived from Middle Dutch wafel (honeycomb) derived from Old Dutch *wāvila derived from Proto-Germanic *wēbilǭ derived from German Waffel (waffle).
Origin
German (Berlin)
Waffel
Gloss
waffle
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- basketweave English
- even-weave English
- evenweave English
- flatweave English
- folkweave English
- fuck English
- fuckwaffle English
- house English
- interweave English
- inweave English
- reweave English
- slut English
- slutwaffle English
- twat English
- twatwaffle English
- unweave English
- wafer English
- waferboard English
- waferer English
- waferish English
- waferless English
- waferlike English
- waferscale English
- wafery English
- waffled English
- wafflehouse English
- waffler English
- waffly English
- weavable English
- weave English
- weaver English
- weavest English
- weaveth English
- weavy English
- Reiswaffel German
- Waffel German
- Waffeleisen German
- wafer Italian
- aanweven Dutch, Flemish
- doorweven Dutch, Flemish
- stroopwafel Dutch, Flemish
- verweven Dutch, Flemish
- wafel Dutch, Flemish
- wafelijzer Dutch, Flemish
- weefgetouw Dutch, Flemish
- weefsel Dutch, Flemish
- weven Dutch, Flemish
- gaufre French
- gaufrer French
- gaufrette French
- gaufrier French
- wafer French
- вафля Russian
- gofre Spanish, Castilian
- waffle Spanish, Castilian
- wafle Spanish, Castilian
- wafer Portuguese
- waffle Portuguese
- *wēbilǭ Proto-Germanic
- ワッフル Japanese
- gofr Polish
- wafel Polish
- weven Middle English
- vaflo Esperanto
- wafel Middle Dutch
- wēven Middle Dutch
- *wāvila Old Dutch
- 威化 Chinese
- 窩夫 Chinese
- 華夫 Chinese
- *wafel Frankish
- wafre xno