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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

carrot cake

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.57 in modern English

Syllables
car-rot -cake
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sweet cake, often iced, containing grated carrot.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Turnip cake; radish cake (a savoury cake containing radish, usually pan-fried).

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Synonym of chai tow kway (“a dish of stir-fried radish cakes and eggs”).

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

The Singaporean senses are calque of Hokkien 菜頭粿 /菜头粿 (chhài-thâu-kóe / chhài-thâu-ké / chhài-thâu-kér, literally “radish cake”), which may have arisen from a confusion between Hokkien 菜頭 /菜头 (chhài-thâu, “radish”) and 紅菜頭 /红菜头 (âng-chhài-thâu, “carrot”, literally “red radish”).

Usage

Inflected Forms

carrot cakes (plural)

Synonyms

chai tow kway

Questions

What does carrot cake mean?
A sweet cake, often iced, containing grated carrot.
Where does carrot cake come from?
The Singaporean senses are calque of Hokkien 菜頭粿 /菜头粿 (chhài-thâu-kóe / chhài-thâu-ké / chhài-thâu-kér, literally “radish cake”), which may have arisen from a confusion between Hokkien 菜頭 /菜头 (chhài-thâu, “radish”) and 紅菜頭 /红菜头 (âng-chhài-thâu, “carrot”, literally “red radish”).

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