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Etymology
Dough + nut: the original doughnuts were small, nut-sized balls of fried dough. First attested in 1809.¹

Hyphenation
dough·nut

Noun
en-noun

1. A deep-fried piece of dough or batter, commonly of a toroidal or ellipsoidal shape, mixed with various sweeteners and flavourings, and sometimes filled with jam, custard or cream.
2. Anything in the shape of a torus.
3. A peel-out or skid-mark in the shape of doughnut or toroid; a 360-degree skid.
4. (derogatory slang) A fat person.

#:Hey doughnut! Get over here.

1. A spare car tyre, usually stored in the boot, that is smaller than a full sized tyre and is only intended for temporary use.

Synonyms
i-c|anything in the shape of a torus ring, torus
i-c|fat person Swiss roll

Translations
trans-top|deep-fried piece of dough or batter
Danish: donut
Dutch: donut
Esperanto: benjeto
Finnish: donitsi, munkkirinkilä, munkki
French: beignet m, donut
German: Krapfen m (ellipsoidal), Donut
Hebrew: ספ�נ��|סֻפְ�ָּנִ�ָּ� (sufganiya)
Japanese: ����
Korean: �� doneot; ���빵 (garakjibbang) (ring-shaped donut; used in North Korea);
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Mandarin: ç�¸é�¢å�� zhá miàn quÄ�n ^², ç��ç��å��
Norwegian: smultring
Polish: p�czek
Romanian: gogoa�� f
Russian: пон�ик
Serbian: к�о�на
Spanish: dona
Swedish: munk
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trans-top|anything in the shape of a torus
Finnish: torus, rengas
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trans-top|peel-out or skid-mark in the shape of a doughnut
 
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trans-top|fat person
Finnish: läski
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trans-top|tire
Finnish: donitsi
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See also
bagel
torus
toroid

Category:Foods

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