Mille-Feuille (CC-BY-SA, Georges Seguin (Okki)) |
French Pastry
French
Term
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IPA (phonetic transcription)
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English equivalent or
explanation
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Wikipedia Link
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Pâtisserie
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patisʁi
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pastry
OR pastry shop
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Éclair
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eklɛʁ
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Éclair,
a hotdog-shaped pastry with chocolate cream inside
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Mille-feuille
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mil fœj
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Mille-feuille
(in the US, this is sometimes called a Napoleon)
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Tartelette
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taʁtəlɛt
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A tarte is a pie; a tartelette is a small pie = “tart”
in English (-ette = “small, cute”)
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Éclair (CC-BY-SA, Charles Haynes) |
A tartelette (= small tart): 640px-Strawberry_tart_(CC by_Kirti_Poddar).jpg |