mille-feuille
See also: millefeuille
English edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French mille-feuille (literally “a thousand sheets”). Doublet of milfoil.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /miːlˈfɔɪ/, /miːlˈfɜː.i/, /miːlˈfəː.i/[1]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌmilˈfɔɪ/, /milˈfwi/,[2] /ˌmil.fəˈwi/[1]
Noun edit
mille-feuille (plural mille-feuilles)
- A type of pastry made of several layers of puff pastry usually filled with cream or custard, and topped with icing or sugar.
- Synonyms: Napoleon cake, (originally US slang) napoleon
Alternative forms edit
Coordinate terms edit
Translations edit
a type of pastry with several layers of puff pastry
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References edit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 “mille-feuille”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
- ^ “mille-feuille”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
Further reading edit
- mille-feuille on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From mille (“a thousand”) + feuille (“leaf, layer”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
mille-feuille m (plural mille-feuilles)
Descendants edit
- → Catalan: milfulls (calque)
- → English: mille-feuille
Noun edit
mille-feuille f (plural mille-feuilles)
- (botany) common yarrow, yarrow, milfoil (Achillea millefolium)
- Synonym: achillée
Further reading edit
- “mille-feuille”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- mille-feuille on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr