To be good, pâte brisée should be light and flaky.
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Flaky
//ˈfleɪkiː//
Synonyms for "flaky" (192 found)
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Adjective(4 words)
Adjective(3 words)
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34 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- люспест adj (Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike)
Dutch
1 entries- vlokkig adj (Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike)
Esperanto
1 entries- malasidua adj (of a person: unreliable)
Finnish
4 entries- ailahteleva adj (of a person: unreliable)
- epäluotettava adj (of a person: unreliable)
- hilseilevä adj (Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike)
- hiutalemainen adj (Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike)
French
1 entries- lâcheur adj (of a person: unreliable)
German
4 entries- aus Schichten bestehend adj (Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike)
- blättrig adj (Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike)
- exzentrisch adj (Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike)
- flockig adj (Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike)
Greek
3 entries- αλλοπρόσαλλος adj (of a person: unreliable)
- λεπιοειδής adj (Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike)
- φολιδοειδής adj (Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike)
Italian
2 entries- inaffidabile adj (of a person: unreliable)
- strambo adj (of a person: unreliable)
Macedonian
1 entries- недо́верлив adj (of a person: unreliable)
Māori
1 entries- māhunga wai adj (of a person: unreliable)
Polish
1 entries- postrzelony adj (of a person: unreliable)
Russian
3 entries- ветреный adj (of a person: unreliable)
- ненадёжный adj (of a person: unreliable)
- хлопьевидный adj (Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike)
Spanish
4 entries- faltón adj (of a person: unreliable)
- hojaldrado adj (Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike)
- no fiable adj (of a person: unreliable)
- poco fiable adj (of a person: unreliable)
Ukrainian
3 entries- легкова́жний adj (of a person: unreliable)
- непе́вний adj (of a person: unreliable)
- пласті́вча́стий adj (Consisting of flakes; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes; flakelike)
Yiddish
1 entries- אומפֿאַרלאָזלעך adj (of a person: unreliable)
Sample sentences
13 total sentences available.
Tom's flaky.
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Tom is flaky.
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Tom said that he thought that I was flaky.
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