dessert
UK/dɪˈzɜːt//dɪˈzɝt/
dessert noun: the last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet confections etc.
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.
dessert meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
dessert in Hindi
- sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
- मिठाई miṭhāī, हलवा halvā, डेज़र्ट ḍezarṭ
dessert in Tamil
- உணவுக்குப்பின் வழங்கப்படும் இனிப்பு வகை
dessert in Urdu
- sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
- میٹھائی miṭhāī
dessert in Bengali
- sweet confection served as the last course of a meal
- ডেজার্ট ḍejarṭo
More languagesFewer languages
- dessert in Malayalam
- ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചു പോവുക
- dessert in Kannada
- ಸಿಹಿ ಉಣಿಸು, ಇನ್ನುಣಿಸು
- dessert in Punjabi
- مٹھا miṭṭhā, ਮਿੱਠਾ miṭṭhā
- dessert in Gujarati
- ડિઝર્ટ ḍijharṭ
- dessert in Tagalog
- panghimagas
- dessert in Arabic
- حَلْوَى ḥalwā, حَلْوَيَات ḥalwayāt, تَحْلِيَة taḥliya
- dessert in Malay
- pencuci mulut
- dessert in Indonesian
- disert, pencuci mulut
- dessert in Persian
- دسر deser
- dessert in Thai
- อาหารหวาน aa-hǎan-wǎan, ขนม kà-nǒm, ของหวาน kɔ̌ɔng-wǎan
- dessert in Vietnamese
- tráng miệng
- dessert in Myanmar
- အချို a.hkyui, အချိုပွဲ a.hkyui-pwai:
Examples of dessert in a sentence
- The family had steak and kidney pie for dinner and cherry pie for dessert.
- Mister, I want to see a clean dinner plate or there'll be no dessert for you.
- I’m not hungry, but I’ll still manage to find room for dessert.
Synonyms of dessert
Forms of dessert
| plural | desserts |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | desert |
Origin of dessert
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.
Words formed from dessert
Phrases with dessert
Words that rhyme with dessert
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- pervert
- advert
- alert
- divert
- inert
- avert
- concert
- deconvert
- girt
- lirt
- shirt
- spurt
- subvert
- vert
- wort
- blurt
- chert
- curt
- desert
- exert
- introvert
- Leaving Cert
- overt
- red alert
- sturt
- wert
- ambivert
- ambiverts
- apert
- Baie Verte
- begirt
- BERT
- birt
- dissert
- extrovert
- gert
- gurt
- insert
- Kurt
- pirate shirt
- poet shirt
- puffball skirt
- quirt
- reassert
- smirt
- unalert
- unhurt
- wedding shirt
Questions about dessert
- What does dessert mean?
- Dessert means the last course of a meal, consisting of fruit, sweet confections etc.
- What is dessert in Hindi?
- Dessert in Hindi is मिठाई (miṭhāī), हलवा (halvā), डेज़र्ट (ḍezarṭ). See Dessert meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is dessert?
- Dessert is a noun.
- How do you pronounce dessert?
- Dessert is pronounced /dɪˈzɜːt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of dessert?
- The plural of dessert is desserts.
Words near dessert in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: dessert (page history and authors); dessert (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dessert (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); dessert (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); مٹھا (Punjabi) (page history and authors); ડિઝર્ટ (Gujarati) (page history and authors). 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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