Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word cake. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in cake.
Definitions and meaning of cake
cake
Etymology
From Middle Englishcake, from Old Norsekaka(“cake”) (compare Norwegiankake, Icelandic/Swedish kaka, Danish kage), from Proto-Germanic*kakǭ, of disputed origin. Likely a distant cognate with kaak. Perhaps related to cookie, kuchen, and quiche. Doublet of coca.
Pronunciation
enPR: kāk, IPA(key): /keɪk/, [ˈk̟ʰeɪ̯k̚]
Rhymes: -eɪk
Noun
cake (countable and uncountable, pluralcakes)
A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.
Synonym:gateau
A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough.
A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake.
buckwheat cakes
A block of any of various dense materials.
Synonym:block
(slang) A trivially easy task or responsibility; from a piece of cake.
Synonyms:piece of cake; see also Thesaurus:easy thing
(slang) Money.
Used to describe the doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too.
2018, The Guardian, "UK's aspirations for post-Brexit trade deal an illusion, says Donald Tusk", Daniel Boffey, Peter Walker, Jennifer Rankin, and Heather Stewart, 23 February 2018
"It looks like the cake [and eat it] philosophy is still alive." Quote attributed to Donald Tusk.
(slang) A buttock, especially one that is exceptionally plump.
Mmm, I'd like to cut me some of that cake!
(pyrotechnics) A multi-shot fireworks assembly comprising several tubes, each with a fireworks effect, lit by a single fuse.
Usage notes
In North America, a biscuit is a small, soft baked bread similar to a scone but not sweet. In some cases, it can be hard (see dog biscuit). In the United Kingdom, a biscuit is a small, crisp or firm, sweet baked good — the sort of thing which in North America is called a cookie. (Less frequently, British speakers refer to crackers as biscuits.) In North America, even small, layered baked sweets like Oreos are referred to as cookies, while in the UK, typically only those biscuits which have chocolate chips, nuts, fruit, or other things baked into them are also called cookies.
Throughout the English-speaking world, thin, crispy, salty or savoury baked breads like in this image (saltine crackers) are called crackers, while thin, crispy, sweet baked goods like in this image (Nilla Wafers) and this image (wafer sticks) are wafers.
Both the US and the UK distinguish crackers, wafers and cookies/biscuits from cakes: the former are generally hard or crisp and become soft when stale, while the latter is generally soft or moist and becomes hard when stale.
Derived terms
Descendants
From the plural cakes:
Translations
See also
Category:Cakes and pastries
Verb
cake (third-person singular simple presentcakes, present participlecaking, simple past and past participlecaked)
(transitive) Coat (something) with a crust of solid material.
Synonyms:crust, encrust
(transitive) To form into a cake, or mass.
(intransitive) Of blood or other liquid, to dry out and become hard.
Derived terms
anticaking
Translations
Further reading
cake on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Category:cake on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams
akçe
Ambonese Malay
Etymology
Unknown.
Verb
cake
(angry register) to eat
Synonym:makang
Kalu ale su cake jang bicara lai! ― Do not speak when you're eating!
References
D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia[1], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishcake. Doublet of kaak.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /keːk/
Hyphenation: cake
Rhymes: -eːk
Noun
cakem (pluralcakes, diminutivecakejen)
pound cake
Derived terms
arretjescake
boerencake
cakeblik
cakevorm
Related terms
cupcake
Fijian
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic*sake (compare with Maorieke, Samoaneʻe, Tonganheka), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian*sakay(“to ride on something”) (compare with Ilocanosakáy(“to ride, to mound”) and Tagalogsakáy(“passenger, load”)).
Adverb
cake
up
References
Gatty, Ronald (2009) “cake”, in Fijian-English Dictionary, Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, page 39
Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “heke”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishcake.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /kɛk/
Noun
cakem (pluralcakes)
fruitcake (containing rum)
quick bread (a smallish loaf-shaped baked good which may be sweet like an English cake or salty and with bits of meat. See insert)
Derived terms
tronche de cake
Descendants
→ Greek: κεκ(kek)
Further reading
“cake”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Alternative forms
kake, caake, cayk
Etymology
From Old Norsekaka, from Proto-Germanic*kakǭ.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈkaːk(ə)/
Noun
cake (pluralcakes)
A cake(any sort of flat doughy food):
(medicine) A cake prepared to cure disease or illness.
(Christianity, rare) A communion wafer.
(rare) A lump, boil, or ball.
Derived terms
pancake
Descendants
English: cake (see there for further descendants)
Geordie English: kyek
Scots: cake
Yola: caake, kaake
References
“cāke, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-05.
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Englishcake, from Middle Englishcake, from Old Norsekaka. Doublet of queque.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈkeik/[ˈkei̯k]
Rhymes: -eik
Noun
cakem (pluralcakes)
cake; fruitcake
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.
Related terms
Tocharian B
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European*ték(ʷ)os.
Noun
cake?
river
References
Adams, Douglas Q. (2013) A Dictionary of Tocharian B: Revised and Greatly Enlarged (Leiden Studies in Indo-European; 10), Amsterdam, New York: Rodopi, →ISBN