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mille-feuille

mille-feuille
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [meel-fœ-yuh]
    • /milˈfœ yə/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [meel-fœ-yuh]
    • /milˈfœ yə/

Definitions of mille-feuille word

  • noun plural mille-feuille napoleon (def 1). 1
  • noun mille-feuille a small pastry consisting of many thin layers of puff pastry, filled with custard, whipped cream, fruit, purée, etc. 0
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Origin of mille-feuille

First appearance:

before 1890
One of the 20% newest English words
1890-95; < French, equivalent to mille thousand (< Latin; see milli-) + feuille leaf, sheet (< Latin folia, neuter plural (taken as feminine singular) of folium)

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Parts of speech for Mille-feuille

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Mille-feuille

mille-feuille popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 1% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

Top questions with mille-feuille

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