mille-feuille
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mille-feuille
- /miːlˈfɔɪ/ UK
- /miːlˈfɜː.i/ UK
- /ˌmilˈfɔɪ/ US
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French mille-feuille (literally “a thousand sheets”). Doublet of milfoil. Compare Spanish milhojas.
noun mille-feuilles · millefeuille
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A type of pastry made of several layers of puff pastry usually filled with cream or custard, and topped with icing or sugar.
“Into French food we try to put Japanese techniques, and the traditional Japanese artistic feeling,” Mr. [Susumu] Fukui said. […] Here, mille-feuille is not a flaky pastry confection but layered slices of sashimi in a traditional French vinaigrette.
Similar: Napoleon cake, Napoleon pastry, napoleon
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noun a type of pastry with several layers of puff pastry
| Español | milhojas |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 밀푀유 milpoeyu |
| 日本語 | ミルフィーユ mirufīyu |
| 中文 | 法式千層酥 /法式千层酥 fàshì qiāncéngsū, 蝴蝶酥 húdiésū, 拿破崙酥 /拿破仑酥 nápòlún sū, 拿破崙蛋糕 /拿破仑蛋糕 nápòlún dàngāo |
| Português | mil-folhas |
| Français | mille-feuille |
| Deutsch | Cremeschnitte |
| Italiano | millefoglie |
| Ελληνικά | μιλφέιγ milféig |
| Română | cremșnit |
| Русский | наполео́н napoleón |
| Tiếng Việt | bánh minfơi, bánh minphơi |
| العربية | مِيل فَاي mīl fāy, مِيل فُوي mīl fūy |
| עברית | קְרֶם שְׁנִיט krem shnit, מִילְפֶיּ milféy, עוּגַת נָפּוֹלְיוֹן ugát napoleón |
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