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palmier

palmier

English

Noun

palmier (plural palmiers)

  1. A type of puff pastry made in the shape of a palm leaf and rolled in sugar
    • 2007, January 30, “Lily Koppel”, in In a Bakery Window, Shades of Miss Havisham:
      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).

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French

Etymology

palme + -ier

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pal.mje/
  • Rhymes: -je
  • Homophone: palmiers
  • Hyphenation: pal‧mier

Noun

palmier m (plural palmiers)

  1. palm, palm tree
  2. palmier (biscuit)

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Romanian

palmier

Etymology

Borrowing from French palmier (palm tree).

Noun

palmier m (plural palmieri)

  1. palm tree

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