baguette

noun

ba·​guette ba-ˈget 

1

: a gem having the shape of a narrow rectangle

also : the shape itself

2

: a long thin loaf of French bread

Examples of baguette in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Customers can order loaves or baguettes and pick them up every Thursday. — Miami Herald, 18 June 2026

The Baguette got its name because it was reportedly inspired by French women carrying a baguette under their arms. — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 17 June 2026

Its cuff interlaces rose gold with blue-green baguette-cut tourmalines, while its necklace borrows rose-gold fluting—a detail from watchmaking—and applies it to its High Jewelry for the first time. — Taylor Stoddard, Robb Report, 16 June 2026

An east-west bag is a baguette style that’s longer in width than in height—think a slim, rectangular silhouette that typically sits on the shoulder or in the crook of your elbow. — Reece Andavolgyi, InStyle, 1 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, rod, from Middle French, from Italian bacchetta, ultimately from Latin baculum staff

First Known Use

1917, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for baguette

• abet
• asset
• banquette
• barbette
• beget
• beset
• binet
• briquette
• brunet
• brunette
• burette
• cadet

Kids Definition

baguette

noun

ba·​guette ba-ˈget 

1

: a gem (as a diamond) cut in a long narrow rectangle

also : the shape itself

2

: a long thin loaf of French bread