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mille-feuille

/miːlˈfɔɪ/US/ˌmilˈfɔɪ/

mille-feuille noun: a type of pastry made of several layers of puff pastry usually filled with cream or custard, and topped with icing or sugar.

mille-feuille: a type of pastry made of several layers of puff pastry usually filled with cream or custard, and...
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Noun

mille-feuille (countable and uncountable, plural mille-feuilles)

  1. A type of pastry made of several layers of puff pastry usually filled with cream or custard, and topped with icing or sugar.
    • “Into French food we try to put Japanese techniques, and the traditional Japanese artistic feeling,” Mr. [Susumu] Fukui said. […] Here, mille-feuille is not a flaky pastry confection but layered slices of sashimi in a traditional French vinaigrette.1983 November 9, Susan Heller Anderson, “Coast’s Latest: ‘FrancAsian’ Cuisine”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 24 May...

mille-feuille meaning in Arabic, Indonesian, Persian and Vietnamese

mille-feuille in Arabic

a type of pastry with several layers of puff pastry
مِيل فَاي mīl fāy, مِيل فُوي mīl fūy

mille-feuille in Indonesian

a type of pastry with several layers of puff pastry
kue napoleon

mille-feuille in Persian

a type of pastry with several layers of puff pastry
شیرینی ناپلئونی širini nâpele'oni, میلفِی mil-fey

mille-feuille in Vietnamese

a type of pastry with several layers of puff pastry
bánh minfơi, bánh minphơi

Synonyms of mille-feuille

Forms of mille-feuille

pluralmille-feuilles
alternative formmillefeuille

Origin of mille-feuille

Unadapted borrowing from French mille-feuille (literally “a thousand sheets”). Doublet of milfoil. Compare Spanish milhojas.

Questions about mille-feuille

What does mille-feuille mean?
Mille-feuille means a type of pastry made of several layers of puff pastry usually filled with cream or custard, and topped with icing or sugar.
What is mille-feuille in Arabic?
Mille-feuille in Arabic is مِيل فَاي (mīl fāy), مِيل فُوي (mīl fūy). See Mille-feuille meaning in Arabic.
What part of speech is mille-feuille?
Mille-feuille is a noun.
How do you pronounce mille-feuille?
Mille-feuille is pronounced /miːlˈfɔɪ/ (UK).
What is the plural of mille-feuille?
The plural of mille-feuille is mille-feuilles.

Words near mille-feuille in the dictionary

  1. milldust
  2. mille
  3. mille graines
  4. Mille Lacs
  5. Mille Lacs County
  6. mille-feuille
  7. mille-feuilles
  8. Millean
  9. milled
  10. milled about
  11. milled around

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