mille-feuille

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English

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Etymology

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French mille-feuille

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

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Noun

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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

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  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.

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French

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une tranche de mille-feuillea slice of millefeuille
des fleurs de mille-feuilleyarrow flowers

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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mille-feuille m (plural mille-feuilles)

  1. (cooking) mille-feuille, vanilla slice

Descendants

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

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mille-feuille f (plural mille-feuilles)

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

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