beignet

noun

bei·​gnet ˌbān-ˈyā 

ˌben-

1

: fritter

2

: a light square doughnut usually sprinkled with powdered sugar

Examples of beignet in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The meal starts with a tiered tower of appetizers like lobster rolls, cornbread and beignets. —Sabrina Weiss, People.com, 18 June 2025

The Broken Bean offers build-your-own breakfast sandwiches to pair with a specialty drink and a side of beignets. —Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 11 May 2025

Here are six other anecdotes from a historic soccer day in Minnesota: A crowd unlike any other Normally, the only signs of a game at Allianz Field two hours before kickoff are stadium workers trickling in for their shifts and the faint scent of one vendor’s beignets wafting outside the gates. —Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 11 May 2025

At delicious San Lorenzo, inside Hotel St. Vincent, Italian classics get reimagined with Creole ingredients—catfish schnitzel, caviar beignets—under chandeliers and Corinthian columns. —David Hochman, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025

Word History

Etymology

American French & French; American French, from French, from Middle French bignet, from buyne bump, bruise

First Known Use

1827, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for beignet

• abet
• asset
• baguette
• banquette
• barbette
• beget
• beset
• brevet
• briquette
• brunet
• brunette
• burette