"gâteau" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: gâteaux [plural], gâteaus [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~|gâteaux|s}} gâteau (countable and uncountable, plural gâteaux or gâteaus)
  1. Alternative form of gateau Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: gateau Categories (topical): Foods

Noun [French]

IPA: /ɡa.to/, /ɡɑ.to/ Audio: Fr-gâteau.ogg Forms: gâteaux [plural]
Rhymes: -o Etymology: Inherited from Middle French gasteau, from Old French gastel, from Frankish *wastil, from Proto-Germanic *wastilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to eat; consume”). Compare Old English wist (“food; provision; feast”) and obsolete English wastel, Sicilian guasteḍḍa (“a kind of round bread”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|gasteau|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French gasteau, {{inh+|fr|frm|gasteau}} Inherited from Middle French gasteau, {{inh|fr|fro|gastel}} Old French gastel, {{der|fr|frk|*wastil}} Frankish *wastil, {{der|fr|gem-pro|*wastilaz}} Proto-Germanic *wastilaz, {{der|fr|ine-pro|*wes-|t=to eat; consume}} Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to eat; consume”), {{cog|ang|wist|t=food; provision; feast}} Old English wist (“food; provision; feast”), {{m|en|wastel}} wastel, {{cog|scn|guasteḍḍa|t=a kind of round bread}} Sicilian guasteḍḍa (“a kind of round bread”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} gâteau m (plural gâteaux)
  1. a sponge cake, i.e. a cake made with a chemical leavening agent (e.g. baking powder), making it light and airy (as opposed to a denser torte) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Cakes and pastries, Foods
    Sense id: en-gâteau-fr-noun-Ju0BhAHU Disambiguation of Cakes and pastries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Foods: 96 4 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French entries with language name categories using raw markup, French terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 99 1 Disambiguation of French entries with language name categories using raw markup: 99 1 Disambiguation of French terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 98 2
  2. (Louisiana) a cookie Tags: Louisiana, masculine
    Sense id: en-gâteau-fr-noun-rNM~Jhmo Categories (other): Louisiana French
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: pâtisserie Derived forms: cerise sur le gâteau, c’est du gâteau, fourchette à gâteau, gâteau de riz, gâteau de voyage, gâteau mille crêpes, gâteau sec, gâteau sous la cerise, part du gâteau

Inflected forms

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