petit gâteau

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petit gâteau

  • /pəˈtiːt ɡæˈtoʊ/

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Borrowed from French petit gâteau (“small cake”).

noun petits gâteaux · petit gateau

  1. countable, uncountable A French chocolate dessert, consisting of a small cake with a crunchy shell and a creamy filling. The next recipe is for one of the best of all petits gâteaux; little cups of choux paste are filled with crème patissière^([sic]) and finished on top with burnt icing sugar.

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noun chocolate dessert

Portuguêspetit gâteau
DeutschPetit Gâteau

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"petit gâteau." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/petit%20g%C3%A2teau. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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@misc{petit_ga_teau_2026,
  title = {petit gâteau},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/petit%20g%C3%A2teau},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}