biskuit

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch biscuit (“biscuit, cookie”), from French biscuit (“biscuit, cookie”), from Old French bescuit, from bescuire, equivalent to bis- +‎ cuit, or from Medieval Latin biscoctus, from Latin bis (“twice”) coctus (“cooked”). Doublet of beskit.

Noun

biskuit (plural biskuit-biskuit, first-person possessive biskuitku, second-person possessive biskuitmu, third-person possessive biskuitnya)

1. biscuit, cookie.

   Synonym: gabin

Alternative forms

• biskut (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “biskuit” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.