ladyfinger

English

Etymology

lady +‎ finger

Noun

ladyfinger (plural ladyfingers)

A small sponge cake, shaped approximately like a finger.
Ladyfingers soaked in liqueur are the base of tiramisu, but I suppose you could just cut up a sponge cake instead.
A type of small banana.
Synonym of okra: the plant or its edible capsules.
A variety of small firecracker.
Grandpa would give each of the kids a strip of ladyfingers to light on New Year's Day.

Synonyms

(small sponge cake): boudoir biscuit, lady's finger, savoiardi biscuit, sponge finger

Derived terms

ladyfinger cactus

Translations

small sponge cake

Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: бишкота f (biškota)
Catalan: melindro m
Czech: piškot (cs) m inan
Dutch: lange vinger (nl)
Esperanto: fingreto, savoja biskvito, fingrobiskvito
Finnish: kissankieli
French: boudoir (fr)
German: Katzenzunge (de), Löffelbiskuit, Biskotte (de)
Greek: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: babapiskóta (hu)
Italian: savoiardo (it)
Ladino: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: pișcot (ro) n
Serbo-Croatian: пишкота n
Spanish: bizcocho de soletilla, soleta
Tagalog: bruwas
Turkish: kedidili (tr)

type of small banana

okra — see okra

type of small firecracker

Finnish: papatti (fi)

See also

ladies' fingers

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