noun, plural gâ·teaux [ga-toh-tohz, gah-; French gah-toh]. French Cooking. a cake, especially a very light sponge cake with a rich icing or filling.
How do you pronounce Le gâteau?
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What cake means in French?
gâteau. More French words for cake. le gâteau noun.
Is Gateau au Chocolat masculine or feminine in French?
gâteau au chocolat noun, masculine.
What is the plural of gâteau in French?
noun. gâ·teau | \ (ˌ)gä-ˈtō \ variants: or gateau. plural gâteaux or gateaux\ (ˌ)gä-ˈtō(z) \ also gateaus.
Is Chocolat masculine or feminine?
The gender of chocolat is masculine. E.g. le chocolat.
Is gateau the same as cake?
It seems to us that while a Gâteau is a cake, a cake is not necessarily a gâteau. Cakes are more likely to have a buttercream frosting, whereas gâteaux are more likely to have a rich buttery between-layer ingredient, and generally has a thinner icing. Like many French things, a gâteau is just fancier.
What gateau means?
Definition of gâteau 1 : food baked or served in the form of a cake eggplant gâteau. 2 : a rich or fancy cake.
Why is it called a gateau?
Gâteau is the French word for cake. When the English borrowed gâteau from French it was fairly indiscriminately used for any sort of cake, pudding, or cake-like pieSince the Second World War, however, usage of the term has honed in on an elaborate rich cake containing multiple layers of a sponge, cream and fruit.