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canelé

canelé noun: a small French pastry (from Bordeaux) with a soft center and a golden crust, made with rum-flavoured crepe batter, cooked in small molds.

canelé: a small French pastry (from Bordeaux) with a soft center and a golden crust, made with...
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Noun

canelé (plural canelés)

  1. A small French pastry (from Bordeaux) with a soft center and a golden crust, made with rum-flavoured crepe batter, cooked in small molds.
    • ‘Do you play chess?’ Sophia asked, helping herself to a canelé.2020, Eley Williams, The Liarʼs Dictionary, William Heinemann, page 153

Forms of canelé

pluralcanelés

Origin of canelé

From French canelé.

Questions about canelé

What does canelé mean?
Canelé means a small French pastry (from Bordeaux) with a soft center and a golden crust, made with rum-flavoured crepe batter, cooked in small molds.
What part of speech is canelé?
Canelé is a noun.
What is the plural of canelé?
The plural of canelé is canelés.

Words near canelé in the dictionary

  1. canellini
  2. canellinis
  3. Canelo
  4. Canelones
  5. Canelos
  6. canelé
  7. canelés
  8. caneology
  9. Canepa
  10. Canepas
  11. canephor

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