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

With only a few weekends before Christmas, the market was still packed with people eager to get festive food and drinks, including Joey, who came dressed for his annual baguette with raclette. —Marissa Sulek, CBS News, 14 Dec. 2025

Don't forget to toast a baguette with Gruyère cheese for the traditional topping. —Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 14 Dec. 2025

This is the land of baguettes, after all, and boulangeries are reason enough for making the trip to Paris. —Lane Nieset, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2025

With its 36 baguette-cut, rainbow-sapphire sapphires, 56 brilliant-cut diamonds and its celebrity status, the Daytona Rainbow has a resale price of anywhere between $300,000-plus to over $526,000 on FarFetch. —Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 25 Nov. 2025

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
• brevet
• 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