1
: fritter
2
: a light square doughnut usually sprinkled with powdered sugar
Examples of beignet in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
There’s the ubiquitous sloshing of bright red hurricanes in curvaceous cocktail glasses, the sizzling of beignets in fryers and the bubbling of boiling crawfish on stovetops.
—
Matt Alderton, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Specialty flavors include gingerbread, wild blueberry, beignet, chocolate chip, and cinnamon swirl.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
Homemade New Orleans-style beignet donuts.
—Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
Look for croissant beignets and root beer floats.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for beignet
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Matt Alderton, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Specialty flavors include gingerbread, wild blueberry, beignet, chocolate chip, and cinnamon swirl.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 Oct. 2025
Homemade New Orleans-style beignet donuts.
—Anastasia Tsioulcas, NPR, 15 Oct. 2025
Look for croissant beignets and root beer floats.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 23 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for beignet
Cite this Entry
“Beignet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/beignet. Accessed 2 Nov. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share