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Webster 1913 Edition

Dessert

Des-sert′

Noun.

[F., fr.

desservir

to remove from table, to clear the table; pref.

des-

(L.

dis-

) +

servir

to serve, to serve at table. See

Serve

A service of pastry, fruits, or sweetmeats, at the close of a feast or entertainment; pastry, fruits, etc., forming the last course at dinner.

“An ’t please your honor,” quoth the peasant,
“This same

dessert

is not so pleasant.”

Pope.

Dessert spoon

a spoon used in eating dessert; a spoon intermediate in size between a teaspoon and a tablespoon.

–

Dessert-spoonful

Noun.

pl.

Dessert-spoonfuls

as much as a dessert spoon will hold, usually reckoned at about two and a half fluid drams.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dessert

DESSERT

Noun.

A service of fruits and sweetmeats, at the close of an entertainment; the last course at the table, after the meat is removed.

Definition 2025

Dessert

See also: dessert, desert, and dêssèrt

German

Noun

Dessert n ‎(genitive Desserts, plural Desserts)

dessert

Declension

Declension of Dessert

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Dessert	die	Desserts
genitive	eines	des	Desserts	der	Desserts
dative	einem	dem	Dessert	den	Desserts
accusative	ein	das	Dessert	die	Desserts

Synonyms

Nachspeise, Nachtisch

dessert

See also: desert, dêssèrt, and Dessert

English

Noun

dessert ‎(plural desserts)

A sweet confection served as the last course of a meal

Synonyms

(sweet final course of a meal): afters (UK informal), pudding (UK), sweet (UK)

Translations

sweet confection served as the last course of a meal

Arabic: حَلْوَى f ‎(ḥalwā), حَلْوَيَات f pl ‎(ḥalwayāt)
Armenian: աղանդեր (hy) ‎(ałander), դեսերտ (hy) ‎(desert)
Azeri: desert (az), çərəz (az)
Belarusian: дэсерт m ‎(desjért)
Bulgarian: десерт m ‎(desért)
Catalan: postres (ca) f pl, darreries (ca) f pl
Chinese:
Mandarin: 點心 (zh), 点心 (zh) ‎(diǎnxīn), 餐后甜點, 餐后甜点 ‎(cānhòutiándiǎn), 甜食 (zh) ‎(tiánshí), 甜點 (zh), 甜点 (zh) ‎(tiándiǎn), (Western) 西點 (zh), 西点 (zh) ‎(xīdiǎn)
Czech: zákusek m, dezert m
Danish: dessert (da) c
Dutch: dessert (nl) n, nagerecht (nl) n, toetje (nl) n
Esperanto: postmanĝaĵo
Estonian: magustoit, dessert (et)
Finnish: jälkiruoka (fi)
French: dessert (fr) m
Georgian: დესერტი ‎(deserṭi)
German: Nachspeise (de) f, Dessert (de) n
Greek: γλυκό (el) n ‎(glykó)
Haitian Creole: desè
Hawaiian: monamona
Hebrew: קינוח (he) m ‎(qinuakh)
Hungarian: desszert (hu)
Icelandic: eftirréttur m
Ido: desero (io)
Indonesian: disert, pencuci mulut (id)
Italian: dolce (it) m, dessert (it) m
Japanese: (general) デザート (ja) ‎(dezāto); (only for a sweet one) スイーツ ‎(suītsu)
Norman: dêssèrt m
Korean: 후식 (ko) ‎(husik) (後食 (ko))

Kurdish: şêranî (ku)
Latin: bellaria n, secunda mensa
Latvian: deserts m, saldais ēdiens
Lithuanian: desertas m
Luxembourgish: Dessert m
Macedonian: десерт m ‎(desert)
Malay: pencuci mulut
Maori: purini
Norwegian: dessert (no)
Persian: دسر (fa) ‎(deser)
Polish: deser (pl) m
Portuguese: sobremesa (pt)
Romanian: desert (ro) n
Russian: десе́рт (ru) m ‎(desért), сла́дкое (ru) n ‎(sládkoje)
Scottish Gaelic: mìlsean m, mìlse f
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: посластица f, сластица f, слатко n, дезерт m

Roman: poslastica (sh) f, slastica (sh) f, slatko (sh) n, dezert (sh) m
Slovak: dezert (sk) m
Slovene: sladica f
Spanish: dulce (es) m, postre (es) m
Swedish: efterrätt (sv) c
Thai: อาหารหวาน ‎(aahaanwaan)
Turkish: tatlı (tr)
Ukrainian: десерт m ‎(desért)
Uzbek: desert (uz)
Vietnamese: tráng miệng (vi)
Volapük: poszib (vo)

Anagrams

deserts

Danish

Etymology

From French dessert, from desservir ‎(“disserve”), from dés- ‎(“dis-”) and servir ‎(“serve”).

Noun

dessert c (singular definite desserten, plural indefinite desserter)

dessert

Inflection

Inflection of dessert

common gender	Singular		Plural
common gender	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	dessert	desserten	desserter	desserterne
genitive	desserts	dessertens	desserters	desserternes

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

dessert n ‎(plural desserts, diminutive dessertje n)

dessert

Estonian

Noun

dessert ‎(genitive [please provide], partitive [please provide])

dessert

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Synonyms

magustoit

French

Pronunciation

Noun

dessert m ‎(plural desserts)

dessert, pudding

Verb

dessert

third-person singular present indicative of desservir

Anagrams

déserts

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French dessert

Noun

dessert m ‎(definite singular desserten, indefinite plural desserter, definite plural dessertene)

dessert

References

“dessert” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French dessert

Noun

dessert m ‎(definite singular desserten, indefinite plural dessertar, definite plural dessertane)

dessert

References

“dessert” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Romansch

Noun

dessert m (plural desserts)

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) dessert

Synonyms

(Sutsilvan) dultsch

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Webster 1913 Edition

Dessert

Des-sert′

Webster 1828 Edition

Dessert

DESSERT

Definition 2025

Dessert

Dessert

German

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

dessert

dessert

English

Noun

Synonyms

Translations

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

Noun

Inflection

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

Estonian

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

French

Pronunciation

Noun

Verb

Anagrams

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Noun

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Noun

References

Romansch

Noun

Synonyms

Etymology

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