mille-feuille

American  

[meel-fœ-y^uh] / milˈfœ jə /

Or millefeuille

noun

French Cooking.

mille-feuilles plural

1. napoleon.

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• mille-feuilles
  plural

Etymology

Origin of mille-feuille

1890–95; < French, equivalent to mille thousand (< Latin; see milli-) + feuille leaf, sheet (< Latin folia, neuter plural (taken as feminine singular) of folium )

Example Sentences

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mille-feuille mille-feuilles

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

Placing clothes inside it is satisfying, like layering a mille-feuille cake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2025

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

Sondheim not only layers individual vocal lines into dense mille-feuilles of choral noise but also forces contrasting feelings into uncomfortable proximity with words that belie the tunes, and vice versa.

From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2021

Unsurprisingly, there's also a great dessert chapter — Albert and Michel Roux both began as pastry chefs — loaded with clafoutis and soufflés and mille-feuilles, as well as fritters and simple peaches and cream.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 29, 2016