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English
Etymology
From French pâtissière.
Noun
pâtissière (plural pâtissières)
- A female pastry chef.
- Coordinate term: pâtissier
1993 June, David Brin, Glory Season, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Spectra, →ISBN, page 50:The sisters roamed plazas and narrow shopping streets, eating sweets from a pâtissière’s stall, laughing at the antics of a small clan of agile jugglers, dodging the harangues of political candidates, and pondering the strangeness of such a wide, marvelous world.
2012, Dani Cavallaro, “Mythopoeia”, in Art in Anime: The Creative Quest as Theme and Metaphor, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 121:Although Ichigo’s skill is no doubt impressive, she lacks practically all of the typical talents expected of a top-notch pâtissier or pâtissière—a reality which quickly hits her as she enters the academy and proceeds to meet its immensely skilled pupils.
2015, Cathy Bramley, chapter 37, in Appleby Farm, London: Corgi Books, Transworld Publishers, →ISBN, page 407:‘A pâtissière?’ I marvelled. No wonder she was so flippin’ brilliant in the kitchen!
French
Pronunciation
Adjective
pâtissière
- feminine singular of pâtissier
Noun
pâtissière f (plural pâtissières, masculine pâtissier)
- female equivalent of pâtissier (“pastrymaker”)
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