пирожное

Russian

Пирожные

Alternative forms

• (nonstandard) пироженое (piroženoje)
• (nonstandard) пироженное (pirožennoje)

Etymology

From пирог (pirog, “pie, pirog”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [pʲɪˈroʐnəjə]

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Noun

пиро́жное • (piróžnoje) n inan (genitive пиро́жного, nominative plural пиро́жные, genitive plural пиро́жных)

1. a small cake (a sweet dessert for one person)

Usage notes

• The words кекс (keks), пиро́жное (piróžnoje), and торт (tort) all translate to “cake” in English, but have distinct usages in Russian:
  • кекс (keks) is a sponge cake or a sweet bread (e.g. a marble cake);
  • пиро́жное (piróžnoje) is any type of small cake or pastry sized for one individual (e.g. a petit four);
  • торт (tort) is a multi-layered cake, typically large enough to serve multiple people (e.g. a birthday cake).

Declension

Declension of пиро́жное (inan neut-form hard-stem accent-a adj) 

	singular	plural
nominative	пиро́жное piróžnoje	пиро́жные piróžnyje
genitive	пиро́жного piróžnovo	пиро́жных piróžnyx
dative	пиро́жному piróžnomu	пиро́жным piróžnym
accusative	пиро́жное piróžnoje	пиро́жные piróžnyje
instrumental	пиро́жным piróžnym	пиро́жными piróžnymi
prepositional	пиро́жном piróžnom	пиро́жных piróžnyx

See also

• торт (tort)