gâteau

gâteau (plural gâteaux or gâteaus)

1. Alternative form of gateau

From Middle French gasteau, from Old French gastel, from Frankish *wastil, from Proto-Germanic *wastilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to eat; consume”). Compare Old English wist (“food; provision; feast”) and obsolete English wastel.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɑ.to/

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gâteau m (plural gâteaux)

1. A sponge cake, i.e. a cake made with a chemical leavening agent (e.g. baking powder), making it light and airy (as opposed to a denser torte).
2. (Louisiana) A cookie.

• “gâteau” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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