patisserie

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

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noun,plural pa·tis·se·ries

[puh-tis-uh-reez; French pah-teesuh-ree]. /pəˈtɪs ə riz; French pɑ tisəˈri/.

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

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

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How to use patisserie in a sentence

De Blasio and his wife stopped in the Colson patisserie as promised.
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Apparently the patisserie was a popular institution, for people of all sorts and conditions flocked there like flies.
One Woman's Life | Robert Herrick
She had no clear idea of Milly's soaring ambition to transplant a French patisserie to the alien soil of Chicago.
One Woman's Life | Robert Herrick
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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British Dictionary definitions for patisserie

patisserie

/ (pəˈtiːsərɪ) /

noun

a shop where fancy pastries are sold
such pastries

Origin of patisserie

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

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