Baguette

Meaning (in English)

1. Baguette (bread): A long, narrow French-style white bread loaf, usually with a crisp crust and soft interior. In German, Baguette commonly refers both to the classic French loaf and to similar long bread rolls sold in bakeries and supermarkets.
2. Baguette (shape/cut, esp. jewelry): A long, narrow rectangular shape, especially the baguette cut used for gemstones and diamonds (Baguette-Schliff).

Parts / Word structure

• Baguette is a loanword from French (literally related to “small stick/rod”), so it isn’t transparently built from native German components.
• Plural in German: die Baguettes

German synonyms

For the bread sense:

• Stangenbrot
• Weißbrotstange
• (sometimes) Französisches Brot / Franzosenbrot (regional/loose usage)

For the shape/cut sense:

• Baguette-Schliff (as the technical term)
• rechteckiger Schliff (descriptive)

German antonyms (if applicable)

No fixed direct antonym. Depending on context:

• For bread type: Rundbrot (round loaf) can function as a contrast.
• For flour type: Vollkornbrot (whole-grain bread) contrasts with the typical white-flour baguette.