Definition
A small, solid lump of something valuable like gold, or a small piece of fried food shaped into a ball or bite-sized chunk.
Etymology
From Old French 'nogue' meaning a block or lump, combined with the diminutive suffix '-et,' originally referring to small pieces of gold found in streams during the Gold Rush of the 1800s.
Kelly Says
Chicken nuggets became a global phenomenon after McDonald's introduced them in 1983, but the word itself was first used by gold miners in the 1800s, showing how a geological term became food vocabulary—that's linguistic time travel!
Translations
ARالعربية
قطعة صغيرة
qit'a saghira
BNবাংলা
ছোট্ট টুকরা
chotto tukra
CACatalà
trosset
troh-set
DEDeutsch
Körnchen
koer-n-chen
ELΕλληνικά
μπουκίτσα
moo-kee-tsa
FAفارسی
کُلِی کوچک
kuli-ye koo-chek
FRFrançais
morceau
mor-soh
HEעברית
קובייה קטנה
ko-vi-ya kat-na
HIहिन्दी
छोटा टुकड़ा
chota tukda
HUMagyar
darabka
da-rab-ka
IDBahasa Indonesia
serpihan
ser-pee-han
ITItaliano
grumo
groo-moh
KO한국어
작은 조각
jak-eun jo-gak
MRMR
छोटे टुकडा
chhote tukda
MSBahasa Melayu
serpihan kecil
ser-pee-han ke-chil
NLNederlands
brokje
brok-je
PLPolski
kawałek
ka-va-lek
RORomână
bucățică
boo-ka-tchee-ka
RUРусский
кусочек
ku-so-chek
SWKiswahili
kibanja kidogo
ki-ban-ja ki-do-go
TAதமிழ்
சிறிய துண்டு
siriya thundu
TEతెలుగు
చిన్న ముక్క
chinnna mukk
TLTL
maliit na piraso
ma-liit na pi-raso
TRTürkçe
küçük parça
koo-chook par-cha
UKУкраїнська
кусочок
ku-so-chok
URاردو
چھوٹا ٹکڑا
chota tukra
VITiếng Việt
mảnh nhỏ
manh nho