biskuwit

Cebuano

Alternative forms

• biskwit

Etymology

Borrowed from English biscuit, from bisket, borrowed from Old French bescuit. Doublet of biskotso.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: bis‧ku‧wit
• IPA^(key): /biskuˈit/, [bɪs̪ˈkwit̪]

Noun

biskuwít

1. biscuit
2. cracker (crispy baked bread, usually salty or savoury)

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• biskwit — superseded

Etymology

Borrowed from English biscuit, from earlier bisket, from Middle English bisquyte, from Old French bescuit, from Early Medieval Latin biscoctus (literally “twice baked”). Doublet of biskotso.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /biskuˈit/, [bɪsˈkwit]
• Rhymes: -it
• Syllabification: bis‧ku‧wit

Noun

biskuwít (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜒᜐ᜔ᜃᜓᜏᜒᜆ᜔)

1. biscuit; cracker

   Synonym: kraker

   • 1997, Ave Perez Jacob, Lagablab sa utak ni Damian Rosa at iba pang kuwento:

     Ipinatong ng marurusing na bata ang kanilang mga baba sa gilid ng mesa, inamoy ang mga kukis at biskuwit, nagkakahiyaang nagtinginan at nagngitian.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

See also

• galyetas

Further reading

• “biskuwit” at KWF Diksiyonaryo ng Wikang Filipino‎^[1], Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2021
• “biskuwit”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018