French pastry

American  

noun

1. fine, rich, or fancy dessert pastry, especially made from puff paste and filled with cream or fruit preparations.

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French pastry British  

noun

1. a rich pastry made esp from puff pastry and filled with cream, fruit, etc

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Etymology

Origin of French pastry

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

French pastry shops throughout New York bake them, often in a large or individual size, and have them available through most of January.

From New York Times • Dec. 27, 2021

Pettigrew first ate the regional French pastry in Japan, and her Seattle Central College pastry instructor hadn’t heard of them.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 7, 2021

Diners, Drive-ins and Dives Guy Fieri visits a market-butcher eatery in South Dakota and a bakery cafe that makes sticky pecan rolls and a savory French pastry dish in North Dakota.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2021

After all, I had a diploma from a French pastry school, not to mention I’d created a beautifully thought-out dessert, perfectly executed.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2019

While he had apparently been devoting himself to arranging the tables his cunning old brain had determined to order tea and French pastry.

From The Innocents A Story for Lovers by Lewis, Sinclair