gingerbread
Syllables: gin·ger·breadUK/ˈd͡ʒɪn.(d͡)ʒəˌbɹɛd//ˈd͡ʒɪn.d͡ʒɚˌbɹɛd/
gingerbread noun: a type of cake whose main flavoring is ginger.
Noun
gingerbread (countable and uncountable, plural gingerbreads)
- A type of cake whose main flavoring is ginger.
- Something ersatz; something showy but insubstantial.
- A flamboyant Victorian-era architectural style.
- For a time modern architects took a starkly functional approach to the design of houses, emphasizing clean, uncluttered lines and rejecting most forms of wall ornamentation as dust-catching gingerbread.1980, Robert M. Jones, editor, Walls and Ceilings, Time-Life Books, →ISBN, page 37
Verb
gingerbread (third-person singular simple present gingerbreads, present participle gingerbreading, simple past and past participle gingerbreaded)
gingerbread meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
gingerbread in Hindi
- type of cake
- जिंजरब्रेड jiñjrabreḍ
gingerbread in Tamil
- type of cake
- இஞ்சியப்பம் iñciyappam, இஞ்சியணிச்சல் iñciyaṇiccal
gingerbread in Marathi
- जिंजरब्रेड, जिंजरब्रेडकडे
gingerbread in Urdu
- جنجر بریڈ, جنجربریڈ
More languagesFewer languages
- gingerbread in Bengali
- জিঞ্জারব্রেড, জিঞ্জারব্রেডে, জিঞ্জারব্রেডের প্রতি
- gingerbread in Telugu
- సొంటిపొడి soṇṭipoḍi
- gingerbread in Malayalam
- ആകർഷകത എടുത്തുകളയുക ākaṟṣakata eṭuttukaḷayuka
- gingerbread in Kannada
- ಜಿಂಜರ್ ಬ್ರೆಡ್, ಜಿಂಜರ್ಬ್ರೆಡ್ಗೆ
- gingerbread in Punjabi
- ਜਿਂਜਰਬ੍ਰੇਡ, ਜਿੰਜਰਬ੍ਰੇਡ, ਜੰਜਰਬ੍ਰੇਡ
- gingerbread in Gujarati
- જિંજરબ્રેડ
- gingerbread in Odia
- ଜିଞ୍ଜରବ୍ରେଡ୍, ଜିଞ୍ଜରବ୍ରେଡ଼କୁ
- gingerbread in Nepali
- जिंजरब्रेड, जिन्जरब्रेड, जिङ्गरब्रेड
- gingerbread in Arabic
- كَعْكَة زَنْجَبِيلٍ
- gingerbread in Persian
- نان زنجبیلی nân zanjabili, کیک زنجبیلی keyk zanjabili
- gingerbread in Thai
- ขนมขิง kà-nǒm kǐng, ขนมปังขิง kà-nǒm bpang kǐng, ขนมขิงพริกไทย kà-nǒm kǐng prík-tai, ขนมขิงเครื่องเทศ kà-nǒm kǐng krʉ̂ʉang-têet
- gingerbread in Vietnamese
- bánh gừng, bánh mì gừng
- gingerbread in Myanmar
- ဂျင်းစိမ်းသောပါမုန့်၊
Examples of gingerbread in a sentence
- That thing is a poor excuse for a gingerbread man. Hasn't anyone taught you how to bake?
- Hansel and Gretel were lured by the witch’s insidious gingerbread house.
- Their Victorian house had three turrets and a large amount of gingerbread trim.
Synonyms of gingerbread
Forms of gingerbread
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | gingerbreads |
| alternative Scotland | gingebred |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | gingerbreads |
| present participle | gingerbreading |
| past participle | gingerbreaded |
| past | gingerbreaded |
Origin of gingerbread
From Middle English gyngebred, gyngebrede, from Old French gingembras, gingimbrat (“preserved ginger”), from Medieval Latin *gingimbrātus (“gingered”, presumably referring to ginger that perhaps had a pharmaceutical use for some medicinal preparation), with the intrusive m added to gingiber, from Latin zingiber (“ginger”), of earlier Sanskrit origin, through Ancient Greek ζιγγίβερις (zingíberis). The third syllable was earlier confounded with bread, and the insertion of an r in the second syllable completed the semblance of a compound word: ginger + bread.
Words formed from gingerbread
- cake and gingerbread
- genderbread person
- gingerbread cookie
- gingerbreaded
- gingerbread house
- gingerbread husband
- gingerbread man
- gingerbread nut
- gingerbread office
- gingerbread palm
- gingerbread plum
- gingerbread trap
- gingerbread tree
- gingerbread up
- gingerbread work
- gingerbready
- lord of gingerbread
- man of gingerbread
- pepper-gingerbread
- take the gilt off the gingerbread
Phrases with gingerbread
Questions about gingerbread
- What does gingerbread mean?
- Gingerbread means a type of cake whose main flavoring is ginger.
- What is gingerbread in Hindi?
- Gingerbread in Hindi is जिंजरब्रेड (jiñjrabreḍ). See Gingerbread meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is gingerbread?
- Gingerbread can be a noun or a verb.
- How do you pronounce gingerbread?
- Gingerbread is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒɪn.(d͡)ʒəˌbɹɛd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of gingerbread?
- The plural of gingerbread is gingerbreads.
Words near gingerbread in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gingerbread (page history and authors); gingerbread (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gingerbread (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gingerbread (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gingerbread (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gingerbread (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gingerbread (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gingerbread (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gingerbread (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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