patisserie
patisserie Lexical Profile
patisserie Game Scores & Validity
• noun
A bakery or shop specializing in French-style pastries, cakes, and sweet confections.
"Every Sunday morning, she walked to the neighborhood patisserie to buy fresh croissants and fruit tarts."
Fine baked goods, pastries, and sweet confections collectively, especially those made in the French culinary tradition.
"The hotel afternoon tea featured an assortment of delicate patisserie, including éclairs and macarons."
The culinary art or profession of making fine pastries and sweet baked goods.
"After completing culinary school, he traveled to Paris to study classical patisserie under a master chef."
Word Origin & Etymology
Borrowed from French 'pâtisserie', from Old French 'pastisserie', derived from 'pastisser' (to make pastry), ultimately from Late Latin 'pasta' (dough, paste) and Ancient Greek 'pastē' (barley porridge).