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Neapolitan wafer

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A layered wafer biscuit usually filled with chocolate cream.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

Coined by Josef Manner (founder of Manner, who invented this type of wafer) in 1898. The hazelnuts they used were imported from the Naples region, hence "Neapolitan".

Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: napolitana — layered wafer biscuit
  • French: gaufrette — layered wafer biscuit
  • French: gaufrette napolitaine — layered wafer biscuit
  • German: Neapolitaner — layered wafer biscuit
  • German: Neapolitanerschnitten — layered wafer biscuit
  • German: Neapolitaner-Waffeln — layered wafer biscuit
  • Hungarian: nápolyi ostya — layered wafer biscuit
  • Hungarian: nápolyi szelet — layered wafer biscuit
  • Hungarian: nápolyi — layered wafer biscuit
  • Italian: wafer — layered wafer biscuit
  • Italian: fru fru — layered wafer biscuit
  • Polish: wafle przekładane — layered wafer biscuit
  • Romanian: napolitană — layered wafer biscuit