# dessert
## English
### Alternative forms

* desert (obsolete)

### Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dessert, from desservir (“disserve”), from dés- (“dis-”) and servir (“serve”), thus literally meaning “removal of what has been served”.
Note: It was erroneously suggested (e.g. in "Glucose syrups: Technology and Applications" (Peter Hull, 2010)) that the word is derived from the name of Benjamin Delessert, the inventor of beet sugar. However, the term predates him by at least a century.

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /dɪˈzɜːt/
* (US) enPR: dĭ-zûrt, IPA: /dɪˈzɝt/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Homophone: desert (noun sense “that which is deserved”, verb)
* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t

### Noun

dessert (countable and uncountable, plural desserts)
* The last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet confections etc.
    I ordered hummus for a starter, a steak as the main course, and chocolate cake for dessert.
    Can I see the dessert menu, please?
* A sweet dish or confection served as the last course of a meal.
    Trifle is a favourite dessert of the English, but rivalled by pavlova in Australia and New Zealand.

#### Synonyms

* (sweet final course of a meal): afters (UK informal), pudding (UK), sweet (UK)

#### Derived terms

* dessert bar
* dessert fork
* dessertful
* dessert grape
* dessertless
* dessertlike
* dessert-plate
* dessertspoon
* dessert spoon
* dessertware
* dessert wine
* desserty
* nondessert
* predessert

#### Descendants

* → Japanese: デザート (dezāto)

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* deserts, tressed

## Danish
### Etymology

From French dessert, from desservir (“disserve”), from dés- (“dis-”) and servir (“serve”).

### Noun

dessert c (singular definite desserten, plural indefinite desserter)
* dessert

#### Inflection
### Further reading

* “dessert” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from French dessert, from desservir (“disserve”), from dés- (“dis-”) and servir (“serve”), thus literally meaning “removal of what has been served”.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɛˈsɛr/, /dɛˈsɛrt/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: des‧sert
* Rhymes: -ɛr, -ɛrt

### Noun

dessert n (plural desserten or desserts, diminutive dessertje n)
* a dessert
    Synonyms: nagerecht, naspijs, toespijs, toetje

#### Derived terms

* dessertkaart

#### Descendants

* Afrikaans: dessert

## Estonian
### Etymology

German Dessert.

### Noun

dessert (genitive desserdi, partitive desserti)
* dessert

#### Synonyms

* magustoit

### Further reading

* “dessert”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
* dessert in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Middle French dessert, from desservir (“disserve”), from dés- (“dis-”) +‎ servir (“serve”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /de.sɛʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

dessert m (plural desserts)
* dessert, pudding

#### Derived terms

* cuillère à dessert

#### Descendants

* → Czech: dezert
* → Danish: dessert
* → Dutch: dessert (see there for further descendants)
* → English: dessert (see there for further descendants)
* → German: Dessert (see there for further descendants)
* → Norwegian Bokmål: dessert
* → Norwegian Nynorsk: dessert
* → Persian: دسر (deser)
* → Polish: deser

### Verb

dessert
* third-person singular present indicative of desservir

### Further reading

* “dessert”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* déserts

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From French dessert.

### Noun

dessert m (definite singular desserten, indefinite plural desserter, definite plural dessertene)
* dessert

### References

* “dessert” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From French dessert.

### Noun

dessert m (definite singular desserten, indefinite plural dessertar, definite plural dessertane)
* dessert

### References

* “dessert” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Romansch
### Noun

dessert m (plural desserts)
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) dessert

#### Synonyms

* (Sutsilvan) dultsch

## Swedish
### Etymology

Borrowed from French dessert.

### Noun

dessert c
* (more fancy) dessert
    Synonym: efterrätt

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | dessert | desserts |
| singular | definite | desserten | dessertens |
| plural | indefinite | desserter | desserters |
| plural | definite | desserterna | desserternas |

#### Derived terms

* dessertost
* dessertsked
* desserttallrik
* dessertvin

### Further reading

* dessert in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker
* dessert in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

## West Frisian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Noun

dessert n (plural desserts, diminutive dessertsje)
* dessert

#### Further reading

* “dessert”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011