"gateau" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: gateaux [plural], gateaus [plural]
Rhymes: -ætəʊ, -əʊ Etymology: Borrowed from French gâteau. Doublet of wastel. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|gâteau}} French gâteau, {{doublet|en|wastel}} Doublet of wastel Head templates: {{en-noun|~|gateaux|s}} gateau (countable and uncountable, plural gateaux or gateaus)
  1. (chiefly UK) A rich, usually iced, cake. Tags: UK, countable, uncountable Translations (rich, iced cake): كَعْكَة (kaʕka) [feminine] (Arabic), 奶油蛋糕 (nǎiyóu dàngāo) (Chinese Mandarin), dort [masculine] (Czech), taart (Dutch), kakku (Finnish), täytekakku (Finnish), gâteau [masculine] (French), Kuchen [masculine] (German), Torte [feminine] (German), torta (Hungarian), torta [feminine] (Italian), ケーキ (kēki) (Japanese), ガトー (gatō) (Japanese), 케이크 (keikeu) (Korean), tort [masculine] (Polish), bolo cremoso (Portuguese), пиро́жное (piróžnoje) [neuter] (Russian), торт (tort) [masculine] (Russian), гато́ (gató) [neuter] (Russian), tarta [feminine] (Spanish), tårta [common-gender] (Swedish), bánh ngọt (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-gateau-en-noun-kHc7aTXn Categories (other): British English Disambiguation of 'rich, iced cake': 92 8
  2. (cooking, obsolete) A dish of minced meat made up like a pudding, and boiled in a shape or mould. Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Categories (topical): Cooking, Cakes and pastries
    Sense id: en-gateau-en-noun-WvDijgNZ Disambiguation of Cakes and pastries: 26 74 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 28 72 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: gâteau Derived forms: Black Forest gateau

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