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noun
A shop that sells pastries and cakes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, countable, uncountable
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noun
A pastry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
Pastry.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, uncountable
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noun
a bakery specializing in French pastry
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: bakery, bakeshop, bakehouse
History
Etymology tree French pâtisser Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -erieder. French -erie French pâtisseriebor. English patisserie Borrowed from French pâtisserie.
Across languages
16 source translations are retained for this English entry.
