patisserie

[ puh-tis-uh-ree; French pah-teesuh-ree ]

noun

, plural pa·tis·se·ries [p, uh, -, tis, -, uh, -reez, pah-tees, uh, -, ree].

1. a shop where pastry, especially French pastry, is made and sold.
2. French pastry.

patisserie

/ pəˈtiːsərɪ /

noun

1. a shop where fancy pastries are sold
2. such pastries

Word History and Origins

Origin of patisserie¹

1760–70; < French pâtisserie, Middle French pastiserie, equivalent to pastis-, presumed Old French *pastitz pastry (< Vulgar Latin *pastīcium; pasticcio ) + -erie -ery

Word History and Origins

Origin of patisserie¹

C18: French, from pâtissier pastry cook, ultimately from Late Latin pasta paste ¹

Example Sentences

De Blasio and his wife stopped in the Colson Patisserie as promised.

From The Daily Beast

Apparently the patisserie was a popular institution, for people of all sorts and conditions flocked there like flies.

From Project Gutenberg

She had no clear idea of Milly's soaring ambition to transplant a French patisserie to the alien soil of Chicago.

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There was a patisserie crammed full of the most delicious cream-cakes.

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The wind began to swell; and Rosanette, having declared that she felt hungry, they entered the "Patisserie Anglaise."

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It was the morning interval when students eat patisserie out of folded papers.

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