Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A bakery specializing in French pastry.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A pastry-cook's shop; a place where a light luncheon of cakes, pastry, etc., may be obtained; a confectioner's.
- noun Pastry; the delicacies sold at a pastrycook's shop or pâtisserie.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Pastry.
- noun a shop selling mostly pastries; a pastry shop.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun UK
pastry shop
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a bakery specializing in French pastry
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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A patisserie is a bakery that specializes in pastries.
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A patisserie is a bakery that specializes in pastries.
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A patisserie is a bakery that specializes in pastries.
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The patisserie is a ten minute walk from the station.
Archive 2007-12-01 Michelle Krell Kydd 2007
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We stayed in a great little place on the right bank near the Louvre and Sainte Chapelle & Notre-Dame Cathedral … & the Latin Quarter across the bridge …. with a great little patisserie around the corner from our hotel.
What would you say to your younger self? « Dating Jesus 2009
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There's nothing better than a freshly baked croissant for breakfast obtained from the boulangerie or patisserie just down on the corner!
What to Do in Paris / Que faire a Paris? - French Word-A-Day 2009
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It's a brilliantly consistent, full-throated combination of thrillingly precise acidity with flavours of citrus, toast and patisserie.
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My first morning back in Nice, after indulging in some exquisite patisserie I walked down to the beach and I'm not sure why but I was surprised to see the Mediterranean Sea still wrapped around the pebbly shore.
Katie Beck: Pardon My French: Our Heroine Returns "Home" Katie Beck 2011
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Apart from offering a range of the finest macaroons in town, Mulot's patisserie has a great selection of chocolates created by young award-winning chocolatier Joan Jaqueti.
Crane.tv: Gérard Mulot: Macaroon Stories in Paris (VIDEO) Crane.tv 2011
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Mulot's gastronomic liaison with patisserie commenced on the outskirts of the city whilst savouring his mother's usual Sunday cake.
Crane.tv: Gérard Mulot: Macaroon Stories in Paris (VIDEO) Crane.tv 2011
michaelt42 commented on the word patisserie
Something that deserves a place in a pâtisserie is krémes, a Hungarian vanilla flavoured sweet based on eggs.
April 1, 2012