patisserie
Americannoun
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a shop where fancy pastries are sold
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such pastries
Etymology
Origin of patisserie
1760–70; < French pâtisserie, Middle French pastiserie, equivalent to pastis-, presumed Old French *pastitz pastry (< Vulgar Latin *pastīcium; see pasticcio) + -erie -ery
Explanation
A patisserie is a fancy French bakery. Hungry for a croissant, an eclair, or some macarons? If there's a patisserie in your town, you're in luck! Patisserie is a French word that means "pastry shop," from a Latin root that translates as "composed of paste," which makes more sense when you know that paste meant "dough" before it meant "glue." In French-speaking countries, it's spelled with a circumflex accent: pâtisserie. You can also use this word to describe French cakes and sweets in general: "Their selection of patisserie is really impressive, and I love their pain au chocolate!"
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Example Sentences
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These Iced Coffee Bars are reminiscent of the ones she and I would get at a little cafe called La Patisserie, which was a few miles from her house.
From Salon • Jun. 22, 2023
When Katie Pohl and Muhammad “Fai” Fairoz Rashed opened their Bothell bakery T55 Patisserie in September, they thought they would escape the perpetual lines that snaked around their Chinatown International District dessert bar Susu.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 22, 2023
White House archives describe him leaving home with a cardboard suitcase and five francs to begin his apprenticeship at the Patisserie Maurivard in Besançon, France.
From Washington Times • Aug. 27, 2022
The part of the property which housed the Elephant House café and the Patisserie Valerie next door was owned by the family-run Tonstate Group, which went into liquidation shortly after the fire last year.
From BBC • Jul. 29, 2022
After we finished dinner I took out the chocolate mousse cake with mocha icing that I’d bought from Patisserie Lind, a fancy sweetshop near the station, Lelia’s and Mitt’s favorite old place.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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