pâtissière

English

Etymology

From French pâtissière.

Noun

pâtissière (plural pâtissières)

1. A female pastry chef.

   Coordinate term: pâtissier

   • 1993 June, David Brin, Glory Season, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Spectra, →ISBN, page 50:

     The sisters roamed plazas and narrow shopping streets, eating sweets from a pâtissière’s stall, laughing at the antics of a small clan of agile jugglers, dodging the harangues of political candidates, and pondering the strangeness of such a wide, marvelous world.

   • 2012, Dani Cavallaro, “Mythopoeia”, in Art in Anime: The Creative Quest as Theme and Metaphor, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 121:

     Although Ichigo’s skill is no doubt impressive, she lacks practically all of the typical talents expected of a top-notch pâtissier or pâtissière—a reality which quickly hits her as she enters the academy and proceeds to meet its immensely skilled pupils.

   • 2015, Cathy Bramley, chapter 37, in Appleby Farm, London: Corgi Books, Transworld Publishers, →ISBN, page 407:

     ‘A pâtissière?’ I marvelled. No wonder she was so flippin’ brilliant in the kitchen!

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ti.sjɛʁ/ ~ /pɑ.ti.sjɛʁ/
• Homophone: pâtissières

Adjective

pâtissière

1. feminine singular of pâtissier

Noun

pâtissière f (plural pâtissières, masculine pâtissier)

1. female equivalent of pâtissier (“pastrymaker”)

Further reading

• “pâtissière”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• patisserie, pâtisserie, tapisserie, tapissière