ladyfinger

English

Etymology

From lady +‎ finger.

Pronunciation

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Noun

ladyfinger (plural ladyfingers)

1. 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.

2. A type of small banana.
3. Synonym of okra: the plant or its edible capsules.
4. 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