Meaning & use
millefoglie
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Meaning
nouncountable
An Italian dessert made of very thin layers of pastry with cream or custard between them.
Grammar: Countable: you can say 'a millefoglie' or 'two millefoglie' (the plural is often the same).
Patterns
- a millefoglie
- millefoglie with cream
- layers of millefoglie
For dessert, we shared a millefoglie filled with vanilla custard.
The bakery sold small millefoglie topped with powdered sugar.
She ordered a millefoglie and a coffee.
Word forms
| plural | millefoglie |
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Common combinations
- a slice of millefoglie
- He ate a slice of millefoglie after lunch.
- millefoglie with cream
- The menu offered millefoglie with cream and berries.
- homemade millefoglie
- Her homemade millefoglie impressed the guests.
- chocolate millefoglie
- The chocolate millefoglie was rich and flaky.
Synonyms and how they differ
- Napoleon
- In American English, 'Napoleon' often refers to a similar layered pastry, but it can be made with different fillings and is not exactly the same as Italian millefoglie.
- layer cake
- A layer cake is a general term for any cake with layers; millefoglie is specifically made with thin, crisp pastry layers, not soft cake.
Word family
- millefeuille noun
- The French spelling of the same dessert; used in English especially in French restaurants.
Commonly confused: millefoglie or mille-feuille?
millefoglie vs mille-feuille
This is the French spelling with a hyphen. It means the same dessert, but the Italian form 'millefoglie' is usually written as one word.
Practice
Which sentence uses 'millefoglie' correctly?
Choose one answer.
'Millefoglie' is a countable noun for a dessert, so 'a millefoglie' is correct. The other options use it as a verb or with a wrong meaning.
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