profiterole

Borrowed from French profiterole.

• IPA^(key): /pɹəˈfɪtəɹoʊl/

profiterole (plural profiteroles)

1. A small, hollow case of choux pastry with a filling.
   • 1973, “Grand Hotel”, in Grand Hotel, performed by Procol Harum:

     Dover sole, and Oeufs Mornay
     Profiteroles and Peach Flambe
     The waiters dance on fingertips
     The nights we dine at Hotel Ritz

• Most often having a cream filling, and served with a chocolate sauce

Borrowed from French profiterole.

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profiterole c (plural profiteroles)

1. profiterole

From profit +‎ -erole. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. why would this pastry be named after profit?

• IPA^(key): /pʁɔ.fi.tʁɔl/

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profiterole f (plural profiteroles)

1. profiterole

• → Catalan: profiterola
• → Dutch: profiterole
• → English: profiterole

• “profiterole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• profitterol (nonstandard)

Borrowed from French profiterole. The nonstandard pronunciation with -tt- is due to influence of profitto.

• IPA^(key): /pro.fi.teˈrɔl/, (careful style) /pro.fiˈtrɔl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔl
• (nonstandard) IPA^(key): /pro.fit.teˈrɔl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔl

profiterole m (plural profiteroles)

1. profiterole

• profiterole in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)