patisserie
noun/pəˈtiːsəri/
/pəˈtiːsəri/
(from French)- [countable] a shop that sells cakes, etc.
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- [uncountable] (also patisseries [plural])(formal) cakes
Word Originlate 16th cent.: from French pâtisserie, from medieval Latin pasticium ‘pastry’, from pasta ‘paste’.
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