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petit gâteau

/pəˈtiːt ɡæˈtoʊ/

petit gâteau noun: a French chocolate dessert, consisting of a small cake with a crunchy shell and a creamy filling.

petit gâteau: a French chocolate dessert, consisting of a small cake with a crunchy shell and a creamy filling
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Noun

petit gâteau (countable and uncountable, plural petits gâteaux)

  1. A French chocolate dessert, consisting of a small cake with a crunchy shell and a creamy filling.
    • The next recipe is for one of the best of all petits gâteaux; little cups of choux paste are filled with crème patissière^([sic]) and finished on top with burnt icing sugar.1956, Constance Spry, Rosemary Hume, “Pâtisserie, Petits Fours, Petits Gâteaux, and Gros Gâteaux”, in The Constance Spry Cookery Book, London: J. M. Dent and Sons, published 1964, →ISBN, page 867
    • If I had the money, I’d bring him to Paris. Stuff his face full of petit gâteau.2008, Chris Knopf, chapter 19, in Head Wounds (A Sam Acquillo Hamptons Mystery; 3), large print edition, Detroit, Mich.: Wheeler Publishing, published 2009, →ISBN, page 366

Forms of petit gâteau

pluralpetits gâteaux
alternative formpetit gateau

Origin of petit gâteau

Borrowed from French petit gâteau (“small cake”).

Questions about petit gâteau

What does petit gâteau mean?
Petit gâteau means a French chocolate dessert, consisting of a small cake with a crunchy shell and a creamy filling.
What part of speech is petit gâteau?
Petit gâteau is a noun.
How do you pronounce petit gâteau?
Petit gâteau is pronounced /pəˈtiːt ɡæˈtoʊ/.
What is the plural of petit gâteau?
The plural of petit gâteau is petits gâteaux.

Words near petit gâteau in the dictionary

  1. petit final
  2. petit finals
  3. petit four
  4. petit fours
  5. petit gateau
  6. petit gâteau
  7. petit juries
  8. petit jury
  9. petit larcenies
  10. petit larceny
  11. petit mal

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