pet de monja

Catalan

Pets de monja

Etymology

Literally, "nun's fart". Supposedly derived from earlier pit de monja "nun's breast", a reference to their shape.

Noun

pet de monja m (plural pets de monja)

1. A type of light cookie made of eggs creamed with sugar, flour, and lemon zest.

   Synonyms: pessic de monja, sospir de noia

Usage notes

Not to be confused with the similarly-named French pastry pet-de-nonne, which is a type of choux pastry known in Catalan as bunyol de vent.

Further reading

• “pet”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “pet” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.