"Christmas cake" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: En-au-Christmas cake.ogg [Australia] Forms: Christmas cakes [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} Christmas cake (countable and uncountable, plural Christmas cakes)
  1. A rich fruit cake covered with marzipan and icing, traditionally eaten at Christmas. Wikipedia link: Christmas cake Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Cakes and pastries, Christmas Related terms: Christmas pudding, New Year noodles, New Year's Eve noodles, New Year's noodles, Yule cake Translations (fruit cake eaten at Christmas): 聖誕節蛋糕 (Chinese Mandarin), 圣诞节蛋糕 (shèngdànjié dàngāo) (Chinese Mandarin), joulukakku (Finnish), gâteau de Noël [masculine] (French), クリスマスケーキ (kurisumasu kēki) (Japanese), kejk tal-Milied (Maltese), торт на Рождество́ (tort na Roždestvó) [masculine] (Russian), pastel de Navidad [masculine] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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