pastry
English
/ˈpeɪstɹi/
noun
Definitions
- (countable) A baked food item made from flour and fat pastes such as pie crust; also tarts, bear claws, napoleons, puff pastries, etc.
- (uncountable) The food group formed by the various kinds of pastries.
- (uncountable) The type of light flour-based dough used in pastries.
- (countable) A place where pastry is made.
- (uncountable) The act or art of making pastry.
Etymology
Suffix from English paste borrowed from Old French pastaierie.
Origin
Old French
pastaierie
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- cook English
- impaste English
- maker English
- making English
- pastable English
- paste English
- pasteable English
- pastebin English
- pasteboard English
- pastedown English
- pasteless English
- pastelike English
- paster English
- pastie English
- pastrycook English
- pastryless English
- pastrylike English
- pastrymaker English
- pastrymaking English
- pasty English
- prepaste English
- softpaste English
- stone-paste English
- stonepaste English
- toothpaste English
- unpaste English
- pasta Latin
- pastaierie Old French
- pasta Cebuano
- paste Middle French