mille-feuille

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English

Etymology

French mille-feuille

Unadapted borrowing from French mille-feuille (literally “a thousand sheets”). Doublet of milfoil.

Pronunciation

Noun

mille-feuille (plural mille-feuilles)

  1. A type of pastry made of several layers of puff pastry usually filled with cream or custard, and topped with icing or sugar.
    Synonyms: Napoleon cake, (originally US slang) napoleon

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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “mille-feuille”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  2. ^ “mille-feuille”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.

Further reading

French

une tranche de mille-feuille ― a slice of millefeuille
des fleurs de mille-feuille ― yarrow flowers

Alternative forms

Etymology

From mille (“a thousand”) +‎ feuille (“leaf, layer”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /mil.fœj/
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  • Rhymes: -œj

Noun

mille-feuille m (plural mille-feuilles)

  2. (cooking) mille-feuille, vanilla slice

Descendants

  • → Catalan: milfulls (calque)
  • → English: mille-feuille

Noun

mille-feuille f (plural mille-feuilles)

  2. (botany) common yarrow, yarrow, milfoil (Achillea millefolium)
    Synonym: achillée

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