gâteau
See also: gateau
English
Noun
gâteau (plural gâteaux or gâteaus)
- Alternative form of gateau
French
Etymology
From Middle French gasteau, from Old French gastel, from Frankish *wastil, from Proto-Germanic *wastilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to eat; consume”). Compare Old English wist (“food; provision; feast”) and obsolete English wastel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡa.to/, /ɡɑ.to/
audio (file) - Homophone: gâteaux
- Rhymes: -o
Noun
gâteau m (plural gâteaux)
- a sponge cake, i.e. a cake made with a chemical leavening agent (e.g. baking powder), making it light and airy (as opposed to a denser torte)
- (Louisiana) a cookie
Hypernyms
- pâtisserie
Derived terms
- cerise sur le gâteau
- c'est du gâteau
- fourchette à gâteau
- gâteau de riz
- gâteau de voyage
- gâteau mille crêpes
- gâteau sec
- gâteau sous la cerise
- part du gâteau
Further reading
- “gâteau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- augeât