mille-feuille

See also: millefeuille

English

Etymology

mille-feuille

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

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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, napoleon (originally US slang)

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French

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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

mille-feuille m (plural mille-feuilles)

  1. (cooking) mille-feuille, vanilla slice

Noun

mille-feuille f (plural mille-feuilles)

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

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