palmier

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English

palmiers

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French palmier, ellipsis of feuille de palmier (palm tree leaf), the original name of this pastry.

Noun

palmier (plural palmiers)

  1. A type of puff pastry biscuit made in the shape of a palm leaf and rolled in sugar.
    Synonym: elephant ear
    • 2007 January 30, Lily Koppel, “In a Bakery Window, Shades of Miss Havisham”, in New York Times:
      Glass cases are filled with a pastel field of pink sweet buns, glossy guava-oozing pastries and their vanilla custard cousins, crispy, heart-shaped orejas (elephant ears, or, at French bakeries, palmiers), and conchas (shells).
Translations

Etymology 2

Adjective

palmier

  1. comparative form of palmy: more palmy

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French palmier. By surface analysis, palme +‎ -ier.

Pronunciation

Noun

palmier m (plural palmiers)

  1. palm, palm tree
    Hypernyms: arbre, monocotylédone
    Hyponyms: aréquier, dattier, palmier à huile, palmier des Canaries
  2. (baking) palmier (biscuit)

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: palmier
  • Romanian: palmier

Further reading

Paronyms

Anagrams

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French palmier (palm tree).

Noun

palmier m (plural palmieri)

  1. palm tree

Declension

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative palmier palmierul palmieri palmierii
genitive-dative palmier palmierului palmieri palmierilor
vocative palmierule palmierilor

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