petit beurre

[ puh-tee bœr ]

noun

, French Cooking.

, plural pe·tits beurre [p, uh, -tee , bœr].

1. a small, usually oblong butter cookie.

Word History and Origins

Origin of petit beurre¹

1905–10; < French: literally, little butter

Example Sentences

We had no bread, but we discovered some Petit-Beurre biscuits, and left him turning them over and over.

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