gingerbread
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The meaning (definition) of the word gingerbread
a spicy cookie or cake, often shaped like a little person
The word gingerbread used in a sentence
“I decorated a gingerbread man with candy buttons.”
How the word gingerbread is said around the world
| French | pain d’épice (pan day-PEES) |
| Spanish | pan de jengibre (PAN deh khen-KHEE-breh) |
| Mandarin | 姜饼 (jyahng bing) |
| Hindi | जिंजरब्रेड (JIN-jur-brayd) |
| Arabic | خُبْزُ الزَّنْجَبِيلِ (khub-zu az-zan-ja-BEE-li) |
| Russian | пряник (PRYA-nik) |
| Portuguese (EU) | pão de gengibre (powng duh zhen-ZHEE-bruh) |
| Portuguese (BR) | biscoito de gengibre (bees-KOY-toh djee zhen-ZHEE-bree) |
| Japanese | ジンジャーブレッド (JEEN-jah-boo-red-doh) |
| German | Lebkuchen (LAYP-koo-khen) |
| Urdu | جنجر بریڈ (JIN-jur brayd) |
| Punjabi | ਜਿੰਜਰਬ੍ਰੈੱਡ (JIN-jur-bred) |
| Korean | 진저브레드 (JEEN-juh-buh-ray-duh) |
| Hebrew | עוּגִיַּת זַנְגְּבִיל (oo-gee-YAHT zahng-BEEL) |
| Greek | μπισκότο τζίντζερ (bees-KOH-toh DZEEN-dzer) |
| Dutch | peperkoek (PAY-per-kuuk) |
| Tagalog | biskuwit na luya (bees-KWEET nah LOO-yah) |
| Vietnamese | bánh gừng (bahny ZUUNG) |
| Turkish | zencefilli kurabiye (zen-jeh-FEEL-lee koo-rah-bee-YEH) |
| Persian | نان زنجبیلی (NAAN zan-jah-BEE-lee) |
| Polish | piernik (PYER-neek) |
| Ukrainian | імбирний пряник (EEM-beer-niy PRYAH-nik) |
| Bengali | জিঞ্জারব্রেড (JIN-jar-bred) |
| Swedish | pepparkaka (PEP-par-kah-kah) |
| Italian | pan di zenzero (pahn dee DZEN-dzeh-roh) |
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