gateau
gateau noun: a rich, usually iced, cake.
Noun
gateau (countable and uncountable, plural gateaux or gateaus)
- A rich, usually iced, cake.
- Determined on keeping up my strength for what the night might bring, I ate heartily—enjoying every morsel, especially of the two slices of gateau I didn’t feel it wrong to take as my share, since there was still one good-sized piece left for Judy.2009, Dorothy Cannell, She Shoots to Conquer, Alibi, published 2016, →ISBN
- A dish of minced meat made up like a pudding, and boiled in a shape or mould.
- a gateau of veal
gateau meaning in Bengali, Arabic and Vietnamese
gateau in Bengali
- একটি সমৃদ্ধ, সাধারণত আইসিং করা কেক
gateau in Arabic
- rich, iced cake
- كَعْكَة kaʕka
gateau in Vietnamese
- rich, iced cake
- bánh ngọt, bánh ga tô, bánh kem
Forms of gateau
| plural | gateaux |
|---|---|
| plural | gateaus |
| alternative form | gâteau |
Origin of gateau
Borrowed from French gâteau. Doublet of wastel.
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Phrases with gateau
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Questions about gateau
- What does gateau mean?
- Gateau means a rich, usually iced, cake.
- What is gateau in Bengali?
- Gateau in Bengali is একটি সমৃদ্ধ, সাধারণত আইসিং করা কেক. See Gateau meaning in Bengali.
- What part of speech is gateau?
- Gateau is a noun.
- What is the plural of gateau?
- The plural of gateau is gateaux.
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Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: gateau (page history and authors); gateau (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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