pâtissière

English

Etymology

From French pâtissière.

Noun

pâtissière (plural pâtissières)

  1. A female pastry chef.
    Coordinate term: pâtissier
    • 1993 June, David Brin, Glory Season, New York, N.Y.: Bantam Spectra, →ISBN, page 50:
      The sisters roamed plazas and narrow shopping streets, eating sweets from a pâtissière’s stall, laughing at the antics of a small clan of agile jugglers, dodging the harangues of political candidates, and pondering the strangeness of such a wide, marvelous world.
    • 2012, Dani Cavallaro, “Mythopoeia”, in Art in Anime: The Creative Quest as Theme and Metaphor, Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Company, Inc., →ISBN, page 121:
      Although Ichigo’s skill is no doubt impressive, she lacks practically all of the typical talents expected of a top-notch pâtissier or pâtissière—a reality which quickly hits her as she enters the academy and proceeds to meet its immensely skilled pupils.
    • 2015, Cathy Bramley, chapter 37, in Appleby Farm, London: Corgi Books, Transworld Publishers, →ISBN, page 407:
      ‘A pâtissière?’ I marvelled. No wonder she was so flippin’ brilliant in the kitchen!

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.ti.sjɛʁ/, /pɑ.ti.sjɛʁ/
  • Homophone: pâtissières

Adjective

pâtissière

  1. feminine singular of pâtissier

Noun

pâtissière f (plural pâtissières, masculine pâtissier)

  1. female equivalent of pâtissier (pastrymaker)

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