# nougat
## English
### Etymology

From French nougat, from Occitan nogat, from noga (“nut”), ultimately from Latin nux (“nut”) + -atus (“-ate, forming adjectives and substantives having or resembling some thing or trait”). Compare Spanish nuégado.

### Pronunciation

* (General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /ˈnuːɡɑː/
* (UK) IPA: /ˈnʌɡɪt/, /ˈnuːɡɑː/
* (US, Canada) enPR: no͞oʹgu̇t IPA: /ˈnuɡət/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (General Australian):(file)
* Rhymes: (UK, General Australian, New Zealand) -uːɡɑ, (UK) -ʌɡɪt

### Noun

nougat (countable and uncountable, plural nougats)
* (uncountable) A mixture consisting of egg white and a sweetener, variously mixed with (in western Europe) almonds or (in eastern Europe) hazelnuts or (in US) used without nuts as a filler in candy bars.
** 1827, Guglielmo A. Jarrin, Italian Confectioner […] , 3rd edition, page 24:Cake Nogat: This nogat may be made in moulds, or square pieces.
** 1999, Lyn Lifshin, “In Spite of His Dangling Pronoun”, in Before It's Light, page 29:[…] (being twenty four and never screwed but in her soft nougat thighs) […]
** 2014 February 18, Sarah Begley, “The 13 Most Influential Candy Bars of All Time”, in Time‎:[…] it helps that Snickers offers the holy trinity of confection: nougat, caramel and peanuts […]
* (countable) A piece of this mixture, typically eaten as a confection.
** 1846, Antoine B. Beauvilliers, A Complete System of French Domestic Cookery […] , volume VI, page 235:When you make a nougat of large dimensions, put in the almonds a few at a time.

#### Hyponyms

* Viennese nougat

#### Derived terms

* white nougat

#### Descendants

* → Cantonese: 鳥結糖 / 鸟结糖 (niu$^5$ git$^3$ tong$^{4-2}$)
** → Wu: 鳥結糖 / 鸟结糖 ($^5$gniau-ciq-daon)
* → Welsh: nyget
* → Wu: 牛軋糖 / 牛轧糖 ($^6$gnieu-gaq-daon)
** → Hakka: 牛軋糖 / 牛轧糖 (ngiù-kâ-thòng)
** → Mandarin: 牛軋糖 / 牛轧糖 (niúzhátáng, niúgátáng)

#### Translations
### See also

* turron

### References

* “nougat, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020.
* Ragusea, Adam. "What Is Nougat and Why Is It in Every Candy Bar?", YouTube, 9 June 2020.

### Anagrams

* toguna

## Danish
### Noun

nougat
* brown nougat, Viennese nougat

#### See also

* fransk nougat (“white nougat”)

## Finnish
### Alternative forms

* nugaa

### Etymology

From French nougat.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnuɡɑː/, [ˈnuɡɑ̝ː]
* Rhymes: -uɡɑː

### Noun

nougat
* nougat

#### Usage notes

As the inflection looks awkward, it may sometimes be advisable to use the Finnicized form nugaa (“nougat”).

#### Declension

Possessive forms of nougat (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nougat’ni
nougat’ni
accusative
nom.
nougat’ni
nougat’ni
gen.
nougat’ni
genitive
nougat’ni
nougat’ideni nougat’itteni
partitive
nougat’tani
nougat’itani
inessive
nougat’ssani
nougat’issani
elative
nougat’stani
nougat’istani
illative
nougat’hani
nougat’ihini
adessive
nougat’llani
nougat’illani
ablative
nougat’ltani
nougat’iltani
allative
nougat’lleni
nougat’illeni
essive
nougat’nani
nougat’inani
translative
nougat’kseni
nougat’ikseni
abessive
nougat’ttani
nougat’ittani
instructive
comitative
—nougat’ineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nougat’si
nougat’si
accusative
nom.
nougat’si
nougat’si
gen.
nougat’si
genitive
nougat’si
nougat’idesi nougat’ittesi
partitive
nougat’tasi
nougat’itasi
inessive
nougat’ssasi
nougat’issasi
elative
nougat’stasi
nougat’istasi
illative
nougat’hasi
nougat’ihisi
adessive
nougat’llasi
nougat’illasi
ablative
nougat’ltasi
nougat’iltasi
allative
nougat’llesi
nougat’illesi
essive
nougat’nasi
nougat’inasi
translative
nougat’ksesi
nougat’iksesi
abessive
nougat’ttasi
nougat’ittasi
instructive
comitative
—nougat’inesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nougat’mme
nougat’mme
accusative
nom.
nougat’mme
nougat’mme
gen.
nougat’mme
genitive
nougat’mme
nougat’idemme nougat’ittemme
partitive
nougat’tamme
nougat’itamme
inessive
nougat’ssamme
nougat’issamme
elative
nougat’stamme
nougat’istamme
illative
nougat’hamme
nougat’ihimme
adessive
nougat’llamme
nougat’illamme
ablative
nougat’ltamme
nougat’iltamme
allative
nougat’llemme
nougat’illemme
essive
nougat’namme
nougat’inamme
translative
nougat’ksemme
nougat’iksemme
abessive
nougat’ttamme
nougat’ittamme
instructive
comitative
—nougat’inemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nougat’nne
nougat’nne
accusative
nom.
nougat’nne
nougat’nne
gen.
nougat’nne
genitive
nougat’nne
nougat’idenne nougat’ittenne
partitive
nougat’tanne
nougat’itanne
inessive
nougat’ssanne
nougat’issanne
elative
nougat’stanne
nougat’istanne
illative
nougat’hanne
nougat’ihinne
adessive
nougat’llanne
nougat’illanne
ablative
nougat’ltanne
nougat’iltanne
allative
nougat’llenne
nougat’illenne
essive
nougat’nanne
nougat’inanne
translative
nougat’ksenne
nougat’iksenne
abessive
nougat’ttanne
nougat’ittanne
instructive
comitative
—nougat’inenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
nougat’nsa
nougat’nsa
accusative
nom.
nougat’nsa
nougat’nsa
gen.
nougat’nsa
genitive
nougat’nsa
nougat’idensa nougat’ittensa
partitive
nougat’taan nougat’tansa
nougat’itaan nougat’itansa
inessive
nougat’ssaan nougat’ssansa
nougat’issaan nougat’issansa
elative
nougat’staan nougat’stansa
nougat’istaan nougat’istansa
illative
nougat’hansa
nougat’ihinsa
adessive
nougat’llaan nougat’llansa
nougat’illaan nougat’illansa
ablative
nougat’ltaan nougat’ltansa
nougat’iltaan nougat’iltansa
allative
nougat’lleen nougat’llensa
nougat’illeen nougat’illensa
essive
nougat’naan nougat’nansa
nougat’inaan nougat’inansa
translative
nougat’kseen nougat’ksensa
nougat’ikseen nougat’iksensa
abessive
nougat’ttaan nougat’ttansa
nougat’ittaan nougat’ittansa
instructive
comitative
—nougat’ineen nougat’inensa :

### Further reading

* “nougat”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* guanot

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nu.ɡa/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

nougat m (plural nougats)
* nougat

#### Descendants

* → Arabic: نُوغَة (nūḡa)
* → Armenian: նուգա (nuga)
* → Bulgarian: нуга (nuga)
* → Danish: nougat
* → Dutch: nougat
* → English: nougat (see there for further descendants)
* → Esperanto: nugato
* → Finnish: nugaa, nougat
* → Faroese: nugga
* → German: Nougat
* → Hebrew: נוגט (núgat)
* → Hungarian: nugát
* → Japanese: ヌガー (nugā)
* → Korean: 누가 (nuga)
* → New Latin: nucatum
* → Malay: nugat
* → Norwegian Bokmål: nugat, nougat
* → Norwegian Nynorsk: nugat, nougat
* → Polish: nugat
* → Portuguese: nougat
* → Russian: нуга́ (nugá)
* → Swedish: nougat
* → Vietnamese: nu-ga

### Further reading

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

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Alternative forms

* nugat

### Etymology

From French nougat.

### Noun

nougat m (definite singular nougaten, indefinite plural nougater, definite plural nougatene)
* nougat

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Alternative forms

* nugat

### Etymology

From French nougat.

### Noun

nougat m (definite singular nougaten, indefinite plural nougatar, definite plural nougatane)
* nougat

## Portuguese
### Noun

nougat m (plural nougats)
* nougat (a confection of honey and roasted nuts)
    Synonym: nogado

## Swedish
### Etymology

From French nougat.

### Noun

nougat c
* nougat

#### Declension

| | | nominative | genitive |
| singular | indefinite | nougat | nougats |
| singular | definite | nougaten | nougatens |
| plural | indefinite | nougater | nougaters |
| plural | definite | nougaterna | nougaternas |