millefeuille

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 millefeuille word

noun plural millefeuille napoleon (def 1). 1
noun millefeuille Alternative spelling of mille-feuille. 1
noun millefeuille a small iced cake made of puff pastry filled with jam and cream 0

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Origin of millefeuille

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 Millefeuille

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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millefeuille 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 about 58% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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