Belarusian

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Кекс.

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Keks, from English cakes.

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Noun

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кекс (kjeksm inan (genitive ке́кса, nominative plural ке́ксы, genitive plural ке́ксаў)

  1. (inanimate) sponge cake, sweet bread, muffin

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See also

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References

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  • кекс” in Belarusian–Russian dictionaries and Belarusian dictionaries at slounik.org

Chuvash

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Russian кекс (keks).

Noun

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кекс (keks) (plural кекссем) 

  1. cake
    Synonym: торт (tort)

Further reading

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  • кекс”, in Электронлă сăмахсар[1] (overall work in Russian and Chuvash), 1996.

Macedonian

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Noun

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кекс (keksm

  1. biscuit, cookie

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Declension of кекс
singular plural
indefinite кекс (keks) кекси (keksi)
definite unspecified кексот (keksot) кексите (keksite)
definite proximal кексов (keksov) кексиве (keksive)
definite distal кексон (kekson) кексине (keksine)
vocative кексу (keksu) кекси (keksi)
count form кекса (keksa)

Russian

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Russian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Кекс

Etymology

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Borrowed from German Keks, from English cakes.

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Noun

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кекс (keksm inan or m anim (genitive ке́кса, nominative plural ке́ксы, genitive plural ке́ксов)

  1. (inanimate) sponge cake, sweet bread
  2. (slang, animate, rare) dude, guy
    Synonyms: кре́ндель (kréndelʹ), чува́к (čuvák)
  3. (euphemistic, inanimate) sex

Usage notes

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  • 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).

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Descendants

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  • Chuvash: кекс (keks)
  • Crimean Tatar: keks
  • Yiddish: קעקס (keks)

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Keks, from English cakes.

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ке̏кс m (Latin spelling kȅks)

  1. cookie (US), biscuit (UK)
    Synonym: бѝсквӣт
  2. cracker

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Ukrainian

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  • Audio:(file)

IPA(key): [kɛks]

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кекс (keksm inan (genitive ке́кса, nominative plural ке́кси, relational adjective ке́ксовий, diminutive ке́ксик)

  1. (inanimate) sponge cake, muffin

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References

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  кекс on the Ukrainian Wikipedia.Wikipedia uk

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