French pastry
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3.2
- noun
- /frɛntʃ ˈpeɪstri/
- It's so hard to pick, but this week I'd say my favorite illustration is actually not a dress, but rather the scrumptious drawing she did of the platters of pastel-colored macarons and decadent French pastries.
- French pastry chef
- French pastry shop
Examples
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Wonderful French pastries.
Fiction book (1990) -
You may love French pastries and open up a bakery, but if no one in your area craves croissants, your shop will flop.
Blog text (21) -
He is, at present, torn by a silver tray of small French pastries.
Fiction book (1997) -
The guests nibble on French pastry while enjoying the beautiful garden view.
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At the bakery, I always choose a French pastry for breakfast, especially the almond croissant.
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She surprised her friends with a homemade French pastry filled with cream and berries.
Synonyms
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1.0
A baked item like a croissant or tart that people often eat with coffee
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1.6
A small open pastry filled with fruit or custard
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2.5
A rich, buttery, flaky pastry shaped like a crescent
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2.3
A light hollow pastry often filled with cream
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6.5
A pastry of thin, flaky layers filled with sweet cream
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7.4
A flat round pastry with a sweet or savory filling baked without a pan
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3.4
An open pastry like a tart with a sweet or savory filling
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8.2
A small round pastry made from light dough and often filled with cream
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9.9
A small round pastry filled with sweet cream that is light and airy
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9.9
A French pastry of two stacked cream puffs filled with cream and covered in icing
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Morphology
The phrase 'French pastry' is a straightforward adjective + noun composition: 'French' (relating to France) + 'pastry' (a baked sweet), so the meaning ‘a pastry from France’ is directly derivable from the constituents. This compositional and cross-linguistically common pattern makes the MWE immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
French pastry comes from a simple picture: French bakers learned to fold butter into dough many times to make thin, flaky layers that melt in your mouth. So French pastry now means 'a sweet, delicate baked good from France'.