French donut

"French donut" means an american regional term for a beignet — the square, deep-fried dough pastry heavily dusted with powdered sugar and associated with new orleans cuisine. It is one of many casual words teens pick up from friends, social media, music or sport, and on its own it carries no particular warning. If you hear your teen use it, it is fair to ask what they mean by it in their friend group, since meanings drift quickly. Asking out of curiosity rather than alarm tends to keep the conversation open and useful.

"French donut" is informal English meaning an american regional term for a beignet — the square, deep-fried dough pastry heavily dusted with powdered sugar and associated with new orleans cuisine. It is used widely across English varieties. A more formal or neutral equivalent would be something like "an american regional term for a beignet — the square" expressed in standard vocabulary. A common mistake is to assume "French donut" can replace its standard equivalent in every register; keep it for spoken or casual situations and use the formal form in writing.