cookie

A1 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ˈkʊki/ UK /ˈkʊki/ See IPA manual

Homophones

cooky /ˈkʊki/

Freq #4131

Meanings

1

noun
A small, flat, sweet cake (called a biscuit in British English).

She baked a tray of chocolate chip cookies.
2

noun
A small piece of data that a website stores on your computer to remember you.

The site asks you to accept cookies before you can browse.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a small, flat, sweet cake... biscuit

Word family

Forms cookies

Derived forms brookiechookiecookie-cuttercookie-cutterishcookie-popcookie-shinecookieholiccookieishcookielesscookielikecrookieevercookie

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Phrases (1)

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oatmeal cookie
a cookie made with rolled oats

Noun + noun

Idioms (1)

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that's the way the cookie crumbles
used to accept an unfortunate result as something that happens in life

Simplified etymology

Cookie was borrowed in the early 18th century from Dutch keokje, meaning “little cake.”

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kōkô Old Dutch *kuoko Middle Dutch coeke Dutch koek Proto-Germanic *-ukaz Proto-West Germanic *-uk Proto-Germanic *-īną Proto-West Germanic *-īn ? Proto-West Germanic *-ukīn Old Dutch -kīn Middle Dutch -kijn Dutch -tjen Dutch -je Dutch koekiebor. English cookie Borrowed from Dutch koekie, dialectal diminutive of koek (“cake”), from Proto-Germanic *kōkô (compare German Low German Kookje (“biscuit, cookie, cracker”), Low German Kook (“cake”), German Kuchen (“cake”)). More at cake. Not related to English cook. The computing senses derive from magic cookie.

koekie Dutch *kōkô Proto-Germanic

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# cookie

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈkʊki/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈkʊki/
**Frequency rank:** 4131

## Meanings
1. A small, flat, sweet cake (called a biscuit in British English).
2. A small piece of data that a website stores on your computer to remember you.

## Examples
- She baked a tray of chocolate chip cookies.
- The site asks you to accept cookies before you can browse.

## Derived Forms
- brookie
- chookie
- cookie-cutter
- cookie-cutterish
- cookie-pop
- cookie-shine
- cookieholic
- cookieish
- cookieless
- cookielike
- crookie
- evercookie

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: koekie
- Root: *kōkô

## Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *kōkô Old Dutch *kuoko Middle Dutch coeke Dutch koek Proto-Germanic *-ukaz Proto-West Germanic *-uk Proto-Germanic *-īną Proto-West Germanic *-īn ? Proto-West Germanic *-ukīn Old Dutch -kīn Middle Dutch -kijn Dutch -tjen Dutch -je Dutch koekiebor. English cookie Borrowed from Dutch koekie, dialectal diminutive of koek (“cake”), from Proto-Germanic *kōkô (compare German Low German Kookje (“biscuit, cookie, cracker”), Low German Kook (“cake”), German Kuchen (“cake”)). More at cake. Not related to English cook. The computing senses derive from magic cookie.

## AI Etymology
cookie was borrowed from Dutch koekie, dialectal diminutive of koek (“cake”), from Proto-Germanic *kōkô (compare German Low German Kookje (“biscuit, cookie, cracker”), Low German Kook (“cake”), German Kuchen (“cake”)). More at cake. Not related to English cook. The computing senses derive from magic cookie. The historical chain includes Dutch koekie, Proto-Germanic *kōkô. Current senses include A small, flat, sweet cake (called a biscuit in British English) and A small piece of data that a website stores on your computer to remember you. English relatives and later formations include brookie, chookie, cookie-cutter.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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