patisserie

See also: pâtisserie

English

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Borrowed from French pâtisserie.

Noun

patisserie (countable and uncountable, plural patisseries)

  1. (UK) a shop that sells pastries and cakes
    • 2019 May 3, Lisa Hanawalt & Raphael Bob-Waksberg, “The Sugar Bowl” (14:20 from the start), in Tuca & Bertie[1], season 1, episode 1, spoken by Bertie Songthrush (Ali Wong):
      “Whoa. Pastry Pete's Patisserie. Pastry Pete is so brilliant. Did you know he won a Tasty Num Nums Award last year for combining crullers and Bundt cakes? They're called "crunts"!” “Oh, you got a crush on him. Speckle better watch out.” “I do not! Shut up! I'm telling you, you gotta try those sweet, crusty crunts.” “Ew!” “Come on, let's go!”
  2. (obsolete) pastry
    • 1768, Mr. Yorick [pseudonym; Laurence Sterne], “Le Patisser. Versailles.”, in A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, volume II, London: [] T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, [], →OCLC, pages 51–52:
      He had a little wife, he ſaid, whom he loved, who did the patiſſerie; and added, he felt no diſhonour in defending her and himſelf from want in this way—unleſs Providence had offer’d him a better.

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Dutch

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Etymology

Borrowed from French pâtisserie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌpaː.ti.səˈri/
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  • Rhymes: -i

Noun

patisserie f (plural patisserieën or patisseries, diminutive patisserietje n)

  1. patisserie
    Synonym: banketbakkerij

Spanish

Noun

patisserie f (plural patisseries)

  1. patisserie