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profiterole

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /pɹəˈfɪtəɹoʊl/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A small, hollow case of choux pastry with a filling.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a small hollow pastry that is typically filled with cream and covered with chocolate

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: pastry

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French profiterole.

Across languages

Translations

18 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: профитеро́л (profiteról) — choux pastry with filling
  • Catalan: profiterola — choux pastry with filling
  • Chinese Mandarin: 泡芙 (pàofú) — choux pastry with filling
  • Finnish: tuulihattu — choux pastry with filling
  • French: profiterole — choux pastry with filling
  • German: Windbeutel — choux pastry with filling
  • Greek: προφιτερόλ (profiteról) — choux pastry with filling
  • Hungarian: profiterol — choux pastry with filling
  • Italian: profiterole — choux pastry with filling
  • Italian: profitterol — choux pastry with filling
  • Kazakh: профитроли (profitroli) — choux pastry with filling
  • Kyrgyz: профитроли (profitroli) — choux pastry with filling
  • Polish: profiterolka — choux pastry with filling
  • Portuguese: profiterole — choux pastry with filling
  • Russian: профитро́ль (profitrólʹ) — choux pastry with filling
  • Slovak: veterník — choux pastry with filling
  • Spanish: profiterol — choux pastry with filling
  • Turkish: profiterol — choux pastry with filling