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galette

Syllables: ga·letteUK/ɡəˈlɛt/

galette noun: a type of flat, round cake from France. Also the clipping of Breton galette.

Noun

galette (plural galettes)

  1. A type of flat, round cake from France.
    • NATIONAL FRENCH CAKE OR GALETTE. Dearest Eloise,— There is one little and perhaps insignificant French cake, which I feel certain would soon become a favourite in the cottage, more particularly amongst its juvenile inhabitants. It is the famed galette, the melodramatic food of the gamins, galopins...1854, Alexis [Benoît] Soyer, A Shilling Cookery for the People: Embracing an Entirely New System of Plain Cookery and Domestic Economy, London; New York, N.Y.: George Routledge & Co., →OCLC, page 125
    • Young Turnip Galette with Cardamom. A galette can be any manner of flat, round cake or tart. In this case, it is an exquisite arrangement of buttery-thin turnip slices, glazed and sealed together in an overlapping pattern like the surface of a fine apple tart.2006, John Peterson, “Radishes and Young Turnips”, in Farmer John's Cookbook: The Real Dirt on Vegetables, Layton, Utah: Gibbs Smith, →ISBN, page 135, column 1

Also used as

galette is also the clipping of Breton galette.

Examples of galette in a sentence

  • It is the famed galette, the melodramatic food of the gamins, galopins, mechanics, and semi-artists of France.1854, Alexis [Benoît] Soyer, A Shilling Cookery for the People: Embracing an Entirely New System of Plain Cookery and Domestic Economy...
  • A galette is a rustic, free-form fruit tart, baked directly on a lined baking sheet rather than in a tart pan.2007, Carole Bloom, “Stone Fruit”, in The Essential Baker: The Comprehensive Guide to Baking with Chocolate, Fruit, Nuts, Spices and Other...
  • The galette des rois is two rounds of puff pastry filled with a mixture of almond cream and pastry cream.2002, Dorie Greenspan, “Grand Gâteaux for Fêtes and Feasts”, in Paris Sweets: Great Desserts From the City's Best Pastry Shops, New York...

Forms of galette

pluralgalettes

Origin of galette

Borrowed from French galette.

Words that rhyme with galette

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Questions about galette

What does galette mean?
Galette means a type of flat, round cake from France.
How do you use galette in a sentence?
It is the famed galette, the melodramatic food of the gamins, galopins, mechanics, and semi-artists of France.
What part of speech is galette?
Galette is a noun.
How do you pronounce galette?
Galette is pronounced /ɡəˈlɛt/ (UK).
What is the plural of galette?
The plural of galette is galettes.

Words near galette in the dictionary

  1. Galesburg
  2. Galesville
  3. galet
  4. galeterone
  5. galets
  6. galette
  7. galettes
  8. galetting
  9. GALEX
  10. galey
  11. Galeys

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