profiterole

profiterole

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French profiterole.

Noun

profiterole (plural profiteroles)

1. A small, hollow case of choux pastry with a filling.
   • 1973, “Grand Hotel”, in Grand Hotel, performed by Procol Harum:

     Dover sole, and Oeufs Mornay / Profiteroles and Peach Flambe / The waiters dance on fingertips / The nights we dine at Hotel Ritz

Usage notes

• Most often having a cream filling, and served with a chocolate sauce

Translations

choux pastry with filling

Chinese: Mandarin: 泡芙 (zh) (pàofú) Finnish: tuulihattu (fi) Kazakh: профитроли (profitroli) Kyrgyz: профитроли (profitroli) Portuguese: profiterole m Spanish: profiterol m

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French profiterole.

Noun

profiterole c (plural profiteroles)

1. profiterole

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French

Etymology

profit +‎ -erole This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.fi.tʁɔl/

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Noun

profiterole f (plural profiteroles)

1. profiterole

Descendants

• → Catalan: profiterola
• → Dutch: profiterole
• → English: profiterole

Further reading

• “profiterole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Alternative forms

• profitterol (nonstandard)

Etymology

Borrowed from French profiterole. The nonstandard pronunciation with -tt- is due to influence of profitto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pro.fi.teˈrɔl/, (careful style) /pro.fiˈtrɔl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔl
• (nonstandard) IPA^(key): /pro.fit.teˈrɔl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

profiterole m (plural profiteroles)

1. profiterole

Further reading

• profiterole in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)