Translation
baguette; stick, wand, chopstick
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Word origin
From Italian bacchetta ('small stick'), from Latin baculum ('staff'). The bread took its name from its long thin shape.
- Origin
- Italian
- Root
- bacchetta
- English cognates
- baguette, bacillus
Grammar
Examples
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I am going down to buy a baguette at the bakery.
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He eats with chopsticks at the Chinese restaurant.
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The conductor raised his baton to begin.
, citrouille .
In the story, the fairy touches the pumpkin with her magic wand.
croustille .
A traditional baguette is crustier than an ordinary one.
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