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nou·gat

 (no͞o′gət)
n.
A confection made from a sugar or honey paste into which nuts are mixed.

[French, from Provençal, from nougo, nut, from Old Provençal noga, from Vulgar Latin *nuca, from Latin nux, nuc-, nut.]
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nougat

(ˈnuːɡɑː; ˈnʌɡət)
n
(Cookery) a hard chewy pink or white sweet containing chopped nuts, cherries, etc
[C19: via French from Provençal nogat, from noga nut, from Latin nux nut]
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nou•gat

(ˈnu gət; esp. Brit. -gɑ)

n.
a candy containing nuts and sometimes fruit in a sugar or honey paste.
[1820–30; < French < Occitan, < noug(a) nut (< Vulgar Latin *nuca, for Latin nux (s. nuc-) nut)]
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.nougat - nuts or fruit pieces in a sugar paste
candy, confect - a rich sweet made of flavored sugar and often combined with fruit or nuts
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Translations
نوغَه: حلوى من السّكَّر والفُسْتُق
nugát
nougat
nougat
núggat
nuga
nuga, salda riekstu masa
nugat
nougat
koz helvası

nougat

[ˈnuːgɑː] Nturrón m
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

nougat

[ˈnuːgɑː] nnougat m
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

nougat

nNougat m, → Nugat m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

nougat

[ˈnuːgɑː] ntorrone m
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

nougat

(ˈnagət) , (ˈnuːgaː) noun
a sticky kind of sweet containing nuts etc.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
References in classic literature ?
That lady seemed at a loss to make a selection, but finally settled upon a stick of nougat, wondering if it were not too rich; whether it could possibly hurt her.
Robert started to reassure her, asserting that he had known a lady who had subsisted upon nougat during the entire--but seeing the color mount into Mrs.
The release of the Nougat update for the two devices comes about two weeks after the Galaxy S6 edge+ was updated to Android 7.0.&nbsp;
TEHRAN (FNA)- Android 7.0 Nougat is here for the majority of Nexus owners and will roll out throughout the next year for other Android devices.
Tech giant Google announced on Friday that Android N, the company's latest version of Android, will now go by the name 'Android Nougat.' Nougat, a chewy dessert bar made of roasted nuts, fruits and honey, is on Android's list of 'luscious' dessert names for their operating systems.
The Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 will soon get the MIUI 9 based Android 7.0 Nougat update.
The Galaxy S8 (http://www.ibtimes.com/samsung-galaxy-s8-release-date-april-21-t-mobile-price-details-available-2517197) will release April 21 running Android 7.0 Nougat, but the latest Samsung flagship may soon update to Android 7.1 Nougat if recent reports are to be believed.
TEHRAN (FNA)- Google released files that some Nexus owners can use to flash their devices with Android Nougat 7.0.
Nougat, JC Premiere Azucar, and Nordic emerged as the kings in the three divisions of the Liga Manila Nike Forum Open Sunday at Reyes Gym in Mandaluyong.
Lenovo is rolling out the Android Nougat v7.0 update to the Z2 Plus and the P2, and with this move, the company has claimed that its entire 2017 lineup of smartphones have been updated to Nougat.
Many Samsung devices, including the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge, (http://www.ibtimes.com/android-70-nougat-download-galaxy-s7-galaxy-s6-edge-continue-update-internationally-2512378) are now updating to Android 7.0 Nougat; however, this update is independent of the Nougat rollout.
TEHRAN (FNA)- Android 7.0 Nougat has finally reached Google's Nexus devices after more than five months of developer preview testing.