bagel
UK/ˈbeɪ̯.ɡəl//ˈbɛ.ɡəl/
bagel noun: a toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked. Also the alternative form of bagle.
Noun
bagel (plural bagels)
- A toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.
- A score of 6-0 in a set (after the shape of a bagel, which looks like a zero).
- 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.2011 January 30, Piers Newbery, “Australian Open: Djokovic too good for Murray in final”, in BBC
- An overly materialistic and selfish young Jewish man.
- Synonyms:
- JAP
Verb
bagel (third-person singular simple present bagels, present participle (US) bageling or (UK) bagelling, simple past and past participle (US) bageled or (UK) bagelled)
Also used as
bagel is also the alternative form of bagle.
bagel meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
bagel in Hindi
- toroidal bread roll that is boiled and then baked
- बेगल begal
bagel in Marathi
- toroidal bread roll that is boiled and then baked
- बेगल begal
bagel in Urdu
- toroidal bread roll that is boiled and then baked
- بَیگَل روٹی baigal roṭī
bagel in Bengali
- বাগেল, ব্যাগেল
More languagesFewer languages
- bagel in Telugu
- బాగెల్
- bagel in Malayalam
- ബാഗൽ
- bagel in Kannada
- ಬಾಗೆಲ್, ಬ್ಯಾಗೆಲ್
- bagel in Punjabi
- ਬੈਗਲ, ਬੈਗੇਲ
- bagel in Gujarati
- બેગલ, બેગેલ
- bagel in Odia
- ବ୍ଯ଼ାଗେଲ୍, ବ୍ଯ଼ାଗେଲ
- bagel in Nepali
- बगेल, बेगल, ब्यागल
- bagel in Tagalog
- beygel
- bagel in Arabic
- كَعْك kaʕk
- bagel in Thai
- เบเกิล bee-gə̂l
- bagel in Vietnamese
- bánh mì vòng
Examples of bagel in a sentence
- The doctor's recommended low-carb diet meant that the patient would be longing for his morning bagel.
- Would you like a poppy bagel or a plain bagel?
- James used a spreader to butter her bagel.
Synonyms of bagel
Forms of bagel
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | bagels |
| alternative UK | beigel |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | bagels |
| present participle US | bageling |
| present participle UK | bagelling |
| past participle US | bageled |
| past US | bageled |
| past participle UK | bagelled |
| past UK | bagelled |
Origin of bagel
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 Austrian German Beugel and dialectal Beigel. See also beag.
Words formed from bagel
Phrases with bagel
Words that rhyme with bagel
Questions about bagel
- What does bagel mean?
- Bagel means a toroidal bread roll that is boiled before it is baked.
- What is bagel in Hindi?
- Bagel in Hindi is बेगल (begal). See Bagel meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is bagel?
- Bagel can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce bagel?
- Bagel is pronounced /ˈbeɪ̯.ɡəl/ (UK).
- What is the plural of bagel?
- The plural of bagel is bagels.
Words near bagel in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: bagel (page history and authors); bagel (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bagel (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bagel (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bagel (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bagel (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bagel (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bagel (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); bagel (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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