Dictionary

gateau en · NOUN

Etymology

Borrowed from French gâteau. Doublet of wastel.

Meanings

1. (UK, countable, uncountable) A rich, usually iced, cake.
   • Determined on keeping up my strength for what the night might bring, I ate heartily—enjoying every morsel, especially of the two slices of gateau I didn’t feel it wrong to take as my share, since there was still one good-sized piece left for Judy. 2009, Dorothy Cannell, She Shoots to Conquer, Alibi, published 2016, →ISBN:
2. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) A dish of minced meat made up like a pudding, and boiled in a shape or mould.
   • a gateau of veal

Forms

Deriveds

Black Forest gateau

Translations (26)

ru торт (rich, iced cake) · pl tort (rich, iced cake) · ru гато́ (rich, iced cake) · it torta (rich, iced cake) · fi kakku (rich, iced cake) · hu torta (rich, iced cake) · vi bánh ga tô (rich, iced cake) · sv tårta (rich, iced cake) · es tarta (rich, iced cake) · vi bánh ngọt (rich, iced cake) · pt bolo cremoso (rich, iced cake) · fr gâteau (rich, iced cake) · bg паста (rich, iced cake) · de Torte (rich, iced cake) · cs dort (rich, iced cake) · cmn 奶油蛋糕 (rich, iced cake) · ja ガトー (rich, iced cake) · ar كَعْكَة (rich, iced cake) · bg торта (rich, iced cake) · ru пиро́жное (rich, iced cake) · de Kuchen (rich, iced cake) · nl taart (rich, iced cake) · ko 케이크 (rich, iced cake) · fi täytekakku (rich, iced cake) · ja ケーキ (rich, iced cake) · vi bánh kem (rich, iced cake)