gâteau
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7.9
A rich, often layered cake with cream, fruit, or chocolate
- noun
- /ɡɛˈtoʊ/
:
pastel
- She celebrated her birthday with a stunningly designed gâteau layered with vanilla and chocolate.
- chocolate gâteau
Examples
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I'll order you some gâteau aux poivres.
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For dessert, Johnny ordered a rich chocolate gâteau topped with fresh strawberries.
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The bakery's raspberry gâteau was beautifully decorated with cream and glaze.
Synonyms
cake
vsgâteau
850
1.0
A sweet baked food made from flour, sugar, eggs, and fat
is richer and more elaborate with layers and special toppings
layer cake
vsgâteau
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1.3
A cake with two or more layers and sweet filling between
is richer and fancier with special fillings and toppings
gateau
vsgâteau
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7.2
A rich layered cake that often has cream or fruit inside
is the same meaning but written with an accent mark
How Fancy
Surface Forms
Etymology
Gâteau comes from French and originally meant 'cake'. English borrowed it as gateau to mean a rich, fancy cake with layers or cream, so the origin explains why we use it for special desserts today.