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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Strong matches (57)
Related words (96)
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Adjective(6 words)
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More general
4 entriesMore specific
5 entriesflaking plasterflighty personpeeling paintunreliable workerunstable teammate
Collocations
6 entriesflaky behaviorflaky dataflaky memoryflaky paintflaky pastryflaky skin
Inflections
2 entriesDerivations
2 entriessimilar
2 entriesTranslations
20 translations across 13 languages.
Esperanto
1 entries- malasidua adj (of a person: unreliable)
Finnish
3 entries- ailahteleva adj (of a person: unreliable)
- epäluotettava adj (of a person: unreliable)
- häilähtelevä adj (of a person: unreliable)
French
1 entries- lâcheur adj (of a person: unreliable)
German
1 entries- unzuverlässig adj (of a person: unreliable)
Greek
1 entries- αλλοπρόσαλλος adj (of a person: unreliable)
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
2 entries- ветреный adj (of a person: unreliable)
- ненадёжный adj (of a person: unreliable)
Spanish
3 entries- faltón adj (of a person: unreliable)
- no fiable adj (of a person: unreliable)
- poco fiable adj (of a person: unreliable)
Ukrainian
2 entries- легкова́жний adj (of a person: unreliable)
- непе́вний adj (of a person: unreliable)
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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