viennoiserie

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French viennoiserie.

Noun

viennoiserie (countable and uncountable, plural viennoiseries)

  1. A baked product made in a similar manner to bread, but with ingredients giving it a sweeter, heavier quality closer to a pastry.
    Hyponyms: croissant, brioche, pain au chocolat, Danish pastry
    • 2014, Romi Moondi, Vicarious Paris: One Woman's Candid Tale of Moving to Paris, With Insights on: Food, Nightlife, Living Like a Local, and More, Romi Moondi:
      I didn't fully appreciate the amazingness of French viennoiserie (croissants, etc.) until I found myself in Switzerland ordering a pain au chocolat.
    • 2018, François-Régis Gaudry, Let's Eat France!, Artisan Books, →ISBN, page 331:
      The term viennoiserie appeared at the beginning of the twentieth century, initially referring to Viennese breads and croissants introduced by the Austrian August Zang.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French viennoiserie.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vjɛ.nʋaː.zəˈri/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: vien‧noi‧se‧rie

Noun

viennoiserie f (plural viennoiserieën, no diminutive)

  1. a viennoiserie, a luxury sweet pastry (usually French)

French

Etymology

From viennois +‎ -erie.

Pronunciation

Noun

viennoiserie f (plural viennoiseries)

  1. Danish pastry

Descendants

  • Catalan: vieneseria
  • English: viennoiserie

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