EuroLex/F/Meringue


 * Original language: French
 * Original form and meaning: meringue - 1. meringue (in the sense of: a topping for pastry or pies made of a mixture of egg whites and sugar beaten until stiff and often baked until brown or a small pastry shell or cake made of stiffly beaten, baked egg whites and sugar, often containing fruit or nutmeats)

(Note: If the status is not specifically indicated then the word is stylistically neutral and generally used; if earlier meaning and status equals current use the former may be expressed by writing "dito". Cf. also the project guidelines.)

Annotations
Etymology: unknown origin

Perhabs to be identified with dialect (Walloon) maringue "shepherd's loaf", marinade food for an outdoor repast (< L merenda "light afternoon meal", probably fem. ger. of merere "to merit", such a meal being part of a labourer's wages). Certain evidence is lacking. association with the town of Meiringen (Bern canton, Switzerland) is solely by folk etymology.

Sorce: http://www.etymonline.com, http://dictionary.reference.com

Not to be mixed up with merengue (sometimes also calles méringue; is of AmerSp origin: 1935–40) : noun - 1. a ballroom dance of Dominican and Haitian origin, characterized by a stiff-legged, limping step

2. the music for this dance

verb (used without object) - to dance the merengue

Source: http://dictionary.reference.com

Information on Other Languages
all meaning 1:

Czech:                sněhová pusinka

Dutch:                schuimgebakje

Estonian:             meering, besee

German (more common): Baiser (also of French origin baiser "kiss", this from Latin basiare "to kiss"): meaning 1, and also a male first name from Frisia (Northern Germany)

Hungarian:            habcsók

Latvian:              bezē

Lithuanian also:      bezė

Polish:               beza

Slovak:               snehová (cukrová) pusinka

Slovenian:            pecivo iz beljakove pene