patisserie en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree French pâtisser Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -ārius Old French -ier Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Old French -ie Old French -erieder. French -erie French pâtisseriebor. English patisserie Borrowed from French pâtisserie.
Meanings
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(UK, countable, uncountable) A shop that sells pastries and cakes.
“Whoa. Pastry Pete's Patisserie. Pastry Pete is so brilliant. Did you know he won a Tasty Num Nums Award last year for combining crullers and Bundt cakes? They're called "crunts"!” “Oh, you got a crush on him. Speckle better watch out.” “I do not! Shut up! I'm telling you, you gotta try those sweet, crusty crunts.” “Ew!” “Come on, let's go!”
2019 May 3, Lisa Hanawalt & Raphael Bob-Waksberg, “The Sugar Bowl” (14:20 from the start), in Tuca & Bertie, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Bertie Songthrush (Ali Wong):
- (countable, uncountable) A pastry.
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(obsolete, uncountable) Pastry.
He had a little wife, he ſaid, whom he loved, who did the patiſſerie; and added, he felt no diſhonour in defending her and himſelf from want in this way—unleſs Providence had offer’d him a better.
1768, Mr. Yorick [pseudonym; Laurence Sterne], “Le Patisser. Versailles.”, in A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, volume II, London: […] T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, […], →OCLC, pages 51–52:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| patisseries | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| pâtisserie | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
Synonyms
cake shop · cakery · pastry shop
Translations (16)
cmn 糕餅店 /糕饼店 (pastry shop) · it pasticceria (pastry shop) · tr pastane (pastry shop) · pl cukiernia (pastry shop) · el ζαχαροπλαστείο (pastry shop) · de Konditorei (pastry shop) · pt confeitaria (pastry shop) · fi konditoria (pastry shop) · id patiseri (pastry shop) · es pastelería (pastry shop) · ru конди́терская (pastry shop) · pt patisseria (pastry shop) · cmn 糕點店 /糕点店 (pastry shop) · es bollería (pastry shop) · fr pâtisserie (pastry shop) · mk слаткарница (pastry shop)