quatre-quarts

French

Etymology

Literally "four quarters", as it is one quarter each of flour, sugar, butter and eggs.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ka.tʁə.kaʁ/

Noun

quatre-quarts m (plural quatre-quarts)

pound cake (dense yellow sponge)

Further reading

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

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