mille-feuille
Americannoun
plural
mille-feuillesEtymology
Origin of mille-feuille
1890–95; < French, equivalent to mille thousand (< Latin; milli- ) + feuille leaf, sheet (< Latin folia, neuter plural (taken as feminine singular) of folium )
Example Sentences
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There’s also mille-feuille nabe, a Japanese hot pot dish that’s layered with napa cabbage and thin slices of pork belly simmered in dashi broth.
From Salon • Feb. 21, 2026
That movie was, for me, the year’s best, a sublime ghost story in which a parent-child weepie and an achingly tender romance are layered into a kind of metaphysical mille-feuille.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2023
His more significant contribution to the culture is his style, which is akin to a cultural mille-feuille.
From Washington Post • May 24, 2022
A French prime minister should be loyal, content at lingering in their boss’s shadow and a dab hand with the country’s mille-feuille bureaucracy.
From Reuters • Apr. 26, 2022
Compare that to the final technical challenge for Hussain’s season, which was mille-feuille, an undoubtedly difficult undertaking that is nonetheless easily recognizable.
From Slate • Sep. 23, 2020
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