# bagel
## English
### Pronunciation

* (General American, Received Pronunciation, Canada) IPA: /ˈbeɪ.ɡəl/, [ˈbeɪ.ɡɫ̩]
** Audio (US):(file)
* (regional US) IPA: /ˈbɛɡl̩/
* (Canada, Inland Northern American) IPA: /ˈbæɡ.əl/, [ˈbæɡ.l̩]
** (Ontario) IPA: [ˈbɛː.ɡɫ̩], [ˈbaɡ.ɫ̩], [ˈbeː.ɡɫ̩]
** Audio (Canada):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈbæɪ.ɡəl/, [ˈbæɪ.ɡl̩]
* Rhymes: -eɪɡəl, -æɡəl

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Yiddish בייגל (beygl), ultimately from a diminutive of Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-West Germanic *baug, from Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring”).
Compare obsolete English bee, Old English bēag, Old Frisian bāg, Old Saxon bōg, Middle Low German bōg, Old Norse baugr. Also compare dialectal Austrian German Beugel, Beigel. See also beag.

#### Alternative forms

* beigel (UK)

#### Noun

bagel (plural bagels)
* A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.
* (tennis, slang) A score of 6-0 in a set (after the shape of a bagel, which looks like a zero).
** 2011 January 30, Piers Newbery, “Australian Open: Djokovic too good for Murray in final”, in BBC‎:The Scot, who had been close to a two-set deficit in his semi-final against David Ferrer, avoided the dreaded bagel by seeing off a set point at 5-0 down before finally breaking the Djokovic serve to love as he began to go for his shots with the set seemingly gone.
* (slang, ethnic slur, South Africa) An overly materialistic and selfish young Jewish man.

##### Synonyms

* (spoiled young Jewish man): JAP (US, Australia), kugel (South Africa)

##### Translations
#### Descendants

* → Chinese: 貝果 / 贝果 (bèiguǒ)
* → Dutch: bagel
* → Finnish: bagel
* → French: bagel
* → German: Bagel
* → Greek: μπέιγκελ (béigkel)
* → Hijazi Arabic: بيقل (bēgil, bēgal)
* → Indonesian: bagel
* → Italian: bagel
* → Japanese: ベーグル (bēguru)
* → Korean: 베이글 (beigeul)
* → Persian: بیگل (beygel)
* → Portuguese: bagel
* → Russian: бейгл (bejgl)
* → Spanish: bagel
* → Thai: เบเกิล (bee-gə̂l)
* → Ukrainian: бейґл (bejgl)

#### Derived terms

* bagel belt
* bagel bender
* bagel girl
* bagel head
* bagelry
* cragel
* eggel
* everything bagel
* pizza bagel

#### Related terms

* Beuge, beugen, Beugung
* Biege, biegen, Biegung

#### See also

* donut, doughnut
* torus, toroid

#### Verb

bagel (third-person singular simple present bagels, present participle bagelling or (US) bageling, simple past and past participle bagelled or (US) bageled)
* (tennis) To achieve a score of 6–0 (as the winner) in a tennis set.
* (sports) To hold an opponent to a score of zero.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

bagel (plural bagels)
* Alternative form of bagle
** 2003, Jeffrey Cohen, A Farewell to Legs: An Aaron Tucker Mystery, Bancroft Press, →ISBN, page 211:“He’s so adorable, Aaron. Part beagle, part basset hound.” “A bagel. Very appropriate.”
** 2005, Christina Larson, Marty Is Dead, Protea Publishing, →ISBN, page 86:In October, Allan and Rebecca began to care for Marty’s dog Phil more often and adopted the “bagel” (basset and beagle mix breed) when the time came.
** 2005, Margaret H. Bonham, The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Designer Dogs, Alpha Books, →ISBN, page 109:The Bagel isn’t necessarily a popular dog, but they seem to appear often enough to be worth mentioning.
** 2010, Dogs All-in-One For Dummies, Wiley Publishing, Inc., page 601:The Bagel is a cross between the Beagle and the Basset Hound. Though not as popular as some of the more well-established mixes, the short-coated Bagel has the loving personality one would expect from two Hounds, plus the potential for some stubbornness.
** 2012, G. Terrell Cotter, The Arm of the Lord: End Times Mystery, WestBow Press, Thomas Nelson, →ISBN, page 28:Linus was half basset and half beagle hound, thus a bagel.

#### Related terms

* bagel hound

### References

* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “bagel”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* Gable, Gebal, gabel, gable, galbe, gleba

## Dutch
### Etymology

Borrowed from English bagel, from Yiddish בייגל (beygl).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbeː.ɡəl/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: ba‧gel

### Noun

bagel m (plural bagels, diminutive bageltje n)
* bagel (ring-shaped pastry)

#### Related terms

* beugel

## Finnish
### Etymology

From English bagel, from Yiddish בייגל (beygl).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbei̯ɡel/, [ˈbe̞i̯ɡe̞l]
* Rhymes: -eiɡel

### Noun

bagel
* Synonym of vesirinkeli

#### Declension

Possessive forms of bagel (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bagelini
bagelini
accusative
nom.
bagelini
bagelini
gen.
bagelini
genitive
bagelini
bagelieni
partitive
bageliani
bagelejani
inessive
bagelissani
bageleissani
elative
bagelistani
bageleistani
illative
bageliini
bageleihini
adessive
bagelillani
bageleillani
ablative
bageliltani
bageleiltani
allative
bagelilleni
bageleilleni
essive
bagelinani
bageleinani
translative
bagelikseni
bageleikseni
abessive
bagelittani
bageleittani
instructive
comitative
—bageleineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bagelisi
bagelisi
accusative
nom.
bagelisi
bagelisi
gen.
bagelisi
genitive
bagelisi
bageliesi
partitive
bageliasi
bagelejasi
inessive
bagelissasi
bageleissasi
elative
bagelistasi
bageleistasi
illative
bageliisi
bageleihisi
adessive
bagelillasi
bageleillasi
ablative
bageliltasi
bageleiltasi
allative
bagelillesi
bageleillesi
essive
bagelinasi
bageleinasi
translative
bageliksesi
bageleiksesi
abessive
bagelittasi
bageleittasi
instructive
comitative
—bageleinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bagelimme
bagelimme
accusative
nom.
bagelimme
bagelimme
gen.
bagelimme
genitive
bagelimme
bageliemme
partitive
bageliamme
bagelejamme
inessive
bagelissamme
bageleissamme
elative
bagelistamme
bageleistamme
illative
bageliimme
bageleihimme
adessive
bagelillamme
bageleillamme
ablative
bageliltamme
bageleiltamme
allative
bagelillemme
bageleillemme
essive
bagelinamme
bageleinamme
translative
bageliksemme
bageleiksemme
abessive
bagelittamme
bageleittamme
instructive
comitative
—bageleinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bagelinne
bagelinne
accusative
nom.
bagelinne
bagelinne
gen.
bagelinne
genitive
bagelinne
bagelienne
partitive
bagelianne
bagelejanne
inessive
bagelissanne
bageleissanne
elative
bagelistanne
bageleistanne
illative
bageliinne
bageleihinne
adessive
bagelillanne
bageleillanne
ablative
bageliltanne
bageleiltanne
allative
bagelillenne
bageleillenne
essive
bagelinanne
bageleinanne
translative
bageliksenne
bageleiksenne
abessive
bagelittanne
bageleittanne
instructive
comitative
—bageleinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
bagelinsa
bagelinsa
accusative
nom.
bagelinsa
bagelinsa
gen.
bagelinsa
genitive
bagelinsa
bageliensa
partitive
bageliaan bageliansa
bagelejaan bagelejansa
inessive
bagelissaan bagelissansa
bageleissaan bageleissansa
elative
bagelistaan bagelistansa
bageleistaan bageleistansa
illative
bageliinsa
bageleihinsa
adessive
bagelillaan bagelillansa
bageleillaan bageleillansa
ablative
bageliltaan bageliltansa
bageleiltaan bageleiltansa
allative
bagelilleen bagelillensa
bageleilleen bageleillensa
essive
bagelinaan bagelinansa
bageleinaan bageleinansa
translative
bagelikseen bageliksensa
bageleikseen bageleiksensa
abessive
bagelittaan bagelittansa
bageleittaan bageleittansa
instructive
comitative
—bageleineen bageleinensa :

#### Derived terms

* bagelrinkeli

### Further reading

* “bagel”, 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 2023-07-02

## French
### Alternative forms

* baguel
* beguel

### Etymology

Borrowed from English bagel, from Yiddish בייגל (beygl); ultimately from Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *baug- (“ring”) plus *-il (noun suffix).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ba.ɡɛl/, /be.ɡœl/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

bagel m (plural bagels)
* bagel (toroidal bread roll)

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From English bagel, from Yiddish בייגל (beygl), ultimately from a diminutive of Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *baugaz (“ring”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈbaɡəl/
* Hyphenation: ba‧gêl

### Noun

bagêl (uncountable)
* (cooking) bagel: a toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked

### Further reading

* “bagel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Iranun
### Noun

bagel
* wave

## Maranao
### Noun

bagel
* corrugation; ripple; wave

## Portuguese
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bagel, from Yiddish בייגל (beygl); ultimately from Middle High German bouc, boug- (“ring, bracelet”), from Old High German boug (“ring”), from Proto-Germanic *baug- (“ring”) plus *-il (noun suffix).

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈbɛj.ɡew/ [ˈbɛɪ̯.ɡeʊ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɐj.ɡɐl/ [ˈbɐj.ɣɐɫ]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɐj.ɡɐl/ [ˈbɐj.ɣɐɫ]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈbej.ɡɐl/ [ˈbej.ɣɐɫ]
** (Central Portugal) IPA: /ˈbej.ɡɐl/ [ˈbej.ɣɐɫ]
** (Southern Portugal) IPA: /ˈbe.ɡɐl/ [ˈbe.ɣɐɫ]

### Noun

bagel m (plural bagels)
* bagel (toroidal bread roll)

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* baguel

### Etymology

Borrowed from English bagel, from Yiddish בייגל (beygl).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baˈɡel/ [baˈɣ̞el]
* Rhymes: -el
* Syllabification: ba‧gel

### Noun

bagel m (plural bagels)
* bagel (toroidal bread roll)