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Paris-Brest

Paris-Brest noun: a dessert consisting of a ring (representing a bicycle wheel) of choux pastry filled with praline and topped with flaked almonds.

paris-brest: a dessert consisting of a ring (representing a bicycle wheel) of choux pastry filled with praline...
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Noun

Paris-Brest (plural Paris-Brests)

  1. A dessert consisting of a ring (representing a bicycle wheel) of choux pastry filled with praline and topped with flaked almonds.
    • Thankfully the tension dissipates when the waitress returns to ask about dessert. He opts for a Paris-Brest, and I go for a lemon vodka sorbet.2025 May 3, Leila Abboud, “Lunch with the FT: Jean-Luc Mélenchon”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3

Forms of Paris-Brest

pluralParis-Brests

Origin of Paris-Brest

Borrowed from French Paris-Brest, from the French names of the two cities, so called to commemorate the 1,200 km Paris–Brest–Paris bicycle race in 1891.

Questions about Paris-Brest

What does Paris-Brest mean?
Paris-Brest means a dessert consisting of a ring (representing a bicycle wheel) of choux pastry filled with praline and topped with flaked almonds.
What part of speech is Paris-Brest?
Paris-Brest is a noun.
What is the plural of Paris-Brest?
The plural of Paris-Brest is Paris-Brests.

Words near Paris-Brest in the dictionary

  1. Paris greens
  2. Paris of the East
  3. Paris syndrome
  4. Paris tea
  5. Paris white
  6. Paris-Brest
  7. Paris-Brests
  8. Paris-Harrington theorem
  9. paris-mutuels
  10. Paris-Trousseau syndrome
  11. parisaponin

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