vol-au-vent

vol-au-vent

English

Etymology

From French vol-au-vent (“windblown”, literally “flight in the wind”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌvɒl.oˈvɑ̃/
• (UK, Anglicised) IPA^(key): /vɒl.əˈvɒnt/

Noun

vol-au-vent (plural vol-au-vent or vol-au-vents)

1. A small circular piece of puff pastry with a hole for various fillings, such as mushrooms, prawns, fruit, cheese, etc.
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Translations

puff pastry with fillings

Finnish: vannike Swedish: volauvent (sv) c

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.lo.vɑ̃/

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Noun

vol-au-vent m (plural vol-au-vent)

1. vol-au-vent (puff pastry with a hole)

   Synonyms: bouchée, timbale

Derived terms

• vol-au-vent à la financière

Descendants

• → English: vol-au-vent
• → Italian: vol-au-vent

Further reading

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

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French vol-au-vent.

Noun

vol-au-vent m (invariable)

1. vol-au-vent

Further reading

• vol-au-vent in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana