Mille-feuille

//miːlˈfɔɪ// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A type of pastry made of several layers of puff pastry usually filled with cream or custard, and topped with icing or sugar.

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napoleonnapoleon cake

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French mille-feuille (literally “a thousand sheets”). Doublet of milfoil. Compare Spanish milhojas.

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