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pain au chocolat

UK/ˌpan əʊ ˈʃɒkəlɑː//ˌpæn oʊ ˌʃoʊkoʊˈlɑ/

pain au chocolat noun: a French snack consisting of a pastry, normally similar to a croissant, with chocolate inside.

pain au chocolat: a French snack consisting of a pastry, normally similar to a croissant, with chocolate inside
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Noun

pain au chocolat (countable and uncountable, plural pains au chocolat)

  1. A French snack consisting of a pastry, normally similar to a croissant, with chocolate inside.
    • Chocolate sticks called “batons” are made especially for rolling easily into pain au chocolat.2021 April 7, Claire Saffitz, “Pain au Chocolat”, in New York Times Cooking, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2021
    Synonyms:
    chocolatine

Synonyms of pain au chocolat

Forms of pain au chocolat

pluralpains au chocolat

Origin of pain au chocolat

Borrowed from French pain au chocolat (literally “chocolate bread”).

Words that rhyme with pain au chocolat

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Questions about pain au chocolat

What does pain au chocolat mean?
Pain au chocolat means a French snack consisting of a pastry, normally similar to a croissant, with chocolate inside.
What part of speech is pain au chocolat?
Pain au chocolat is a noun.
How do you pronounce pain au chocolat?
Pain au chocolat is pronounced /ˌpan əʊ ˈʃɒkəlɑː/ (UK).
What is the plural of pain au chocolat?
The plural of pain au chocolat is pains au chocolat.

Words near pain au chocolat in the dictionary

  1. paiment
  2. Paimon
  3. Paimpol
  4. pain
  5. pain and suffering
  6. pain au chocolat
  7. pain aux raisins
  8. pain compliance
  9. pain d'épice
  10. pain d'épices
  11. pain de campagne

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