baguette

UK: /bæˈgɛt/ US: (ba get′)

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ba•guette  (ba get′), n. 

1. Jewelry
   • Jewelry a rectangular shape given to a small gem, esp. a diamond, by cutting and polishing.
   • a gem having this shape.
2. Architecture a small convex molding, esp. one of semicircular section.
3. Food a long, narrow loaf of French bread.

Also, ba•guet′. 

• Latin baculus) + -etta -ette
• Italian bacchetta little stick, equivalent. to bacch(io) stick (
• French
• 1720–30

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baguette, baguet / bæˈɡɛt/ noun

1. a narrow French stick loaf
2. a small gem cut as a long rectangle
3. a small moulding having a semicircular cross section

Etymology: 18th Century: from French, from Italian bacchetta a little stick, from bacchio rod, from Latin baculum walking stick