# EuroLex/F/Meringue

* Original language: French
* Original form and meaning: meringue - 1. meringue (in the sense of: a topping for pastry or pies made of a mixture of egg whites and sugar beaten until stiff and often baked until brown or a small pastry shell or cake made of stiffly beaten, baked egg whites and sugar, often containing fruit or nutmeats)
(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)
| Language | Form | Date of Borrowing (and Obsolescence) | Current Meaning and Status | Earlier Meanings and Statusses | Source |
| Catalan | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Croatian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Czech | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Danish | marengs | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Dutch | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| English | meringue | 1706 | 'meaning 1' | '...' | http://www.etymonline.com, http://dictionary.reference.com |
| Estonian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Finnish | marenki | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| French | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Frisian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| German | Meringe | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Hungarian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Irish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Italian | meringa | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Latvian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Lithuanian | morengas | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Maltese | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Norwegian | marengs | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Polish | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Portuguese | merengue | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Rumantsch | Meringue | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Slovak | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Slovenian | ... | ... | '...' | '...' | ... |
| Spanish | merengue | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |
| Swedish | maräng | ... | 'meaning 1' | '...' | ... |

### Annotations

Etymology: unknown origin
Perhabs to be identified with dialect (Walloon) maringue "shepherd's loaf", marinade food for an outdoor repast (< L merenda "light afternoon meal", probably fem. ger. of merere "to merit", such a meal being part of a labourer's wages). Certain evidence is lacking. association with the town of Meiringen (Bern canton, Switzerland) is solely by folk etymology.
Sorce: http://www.etymonline.com, http://dictionary.reference.com
Not to be mixed up with merengue (sometimes also calles méringue; is of AmerSp origin: 1935–40) : noun - 1. a ballroom dance of Dominican and Haitian origin, characterized by a stiff-legged, limping step
2. the music for this dance
verb (used without object) - to dance the merengue
Source: http://dictionary.reference.com

### Information on Other Languages

all meaning 1:
Czech: sněhová pusinka
Dutch: schuimgebakje
Estonian: meering, besee
German (more common): Baiser (also of French origin baiser "kiss", this from Latin basiare "to kiss"): meaning 1, and also a male first name from Frisia (Northern Germany)
Hungarian: habcsók
Latvian: bezē
Lithuanian also: bezė
Polish: beza
Slovak: snehová (cukrová) pusinka
Slovenian: pecivo iz beljakove pene