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nougat

UK/ˈnʌɡɪt/

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Australia/ˈnuːɡɑː/

nougat noun: a mixture consisting of egg white and a sweetener, variously mixed with (in western Europe) almonds or (in eastern Europe) hazelnuts or (in US) used without nuts as a filler in candy bars.

nougat: a mixture consisting of egg white and a sweetener, variously mixed with (in western Europe) almonds...
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Noun

nougat (countable and uncountable, plural nougats)

  1. (uncountable) A mixture consisting of egg white and a sweetener, variously mixed with (in western Europe) almonds or (in eastern Europe) hazelnuts or (in US) used without nuts as a filler in candy bars.
    • Cake Nogat: This nogat may be made in moulds, or square pieces.1827, Guglielmo A. Jarrin, Italian Confectioner […] , 3rd edition, page 24
    • […](being twenty four and
      never screwed but in her
      soft nougat thighs)[…]1999, Lyn Lifshin, “In Spite of His Dangling Pronoun”, in Before It's Light, page 29
  2. (countable) A piece of this mixture, typically eaten as a confection.
    • When you make a nougat of large dimensions, put in the almonds a few at a time.1846, Antoine B. Beauvilliers, A Complete System of French Domestic Cookery […] , volume VI, page 235

nougat meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Arabic and Malay

nougat in Hindi

a confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
नूगा nūgā

nougat in Bengali

চিনি

nougat in Arabic

a confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
نُوغَة nūḡa, ناطف nāṭif, قُبَّيْط qubbayṭ

nougat in Malay

a confection of egg white, a sweetener, and (usually) nuts — see also turron
nugat
More languagesFewer languages
nougat in Persian
نوقا nuga, گز gaz, لوکا loka
nougat in Thai
ตังเม dtang-mee, แตงเม dtɛɛng-mee
nougat in Vietnamese
kẹo nu-ga

Forms of nougat

pluralnougats

Origin of nougat

From French nougat, from Occitan nogat, from noga (“nut”), ultimately from Latin nux (“nut”) + -atus (“-ate, forming adjectives and substantives having or resembling some thing or trait”). Compare Spanish nuégado.

Words formed from nougat

Phrases with nougat

Questions about nougat

What does nougat mean?
Nougat means a mixture consisting of egg white and a sweetener, variously mixed with (in western Europe) almonds or (in eastern Europe) hazelnuts or (in US) used without nuts as a filler in candy bars.
What is nougat in Hindi?
Nougat in Hindi is नूगा (nūgā). See Nougat meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is nougat?
Nougat is a noun.
How do you pronounce nougat?
Nougat is pronounced /ˈnuːɡɑː/ (Australia).
What is the plural of nougat?
The plural of nougat is nougats.

Words near nougat in the dictionary

  1. Nouakchott
  2. nouch
  3. nouches
  4. Nouer
  5. noug
  6. nougat
  7. nougatine
  8. nougatines
  9. nougats
  10. nougaty
  11. nought

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: nougat (page history and authors); nougat (Bengali Wiktionary) (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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