"mille-feuille" meaning in French

See mille-feuille in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /mil.fœj/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-mille-feuille.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-mille-feuille.wav Forms: mille-feuilles [plural], millefeuille [alternative]
Rhymes: -œj Etymology: From mille (“a thousand”) + feuille (“leaf, layer”). Etymology templates: {{af|fr|mille|feuille|t1=a thousand|t2=leaf, layer}} mille (“a thousand”) + feuille (“leaf, layer”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} mille-feuille m (plural mille-feuilles)
  1. (cooking) mille-feuille, vanilla slice Wikidata QID: Q12491 Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-mille-feuille-fr-noun-fr:Q12491 Categories (other): Cooking, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header, Cakes and pastries, Herbs Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 45 38 3 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 50 2 16 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 75 5 21 Disambiguation of Cakes and pastries: 71 8 21 Disambiguation of Herbs: 75 3 22 Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle
  2. (figurative) something layered, entangled and complex Tags: figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-mille-feuille-fr-noun-5A1T89Ap Categories (other): French terms with collocations

Noun

IPA: /mil.fœj/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-mille-feuille.wav , LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-mille-feuille.wav Forms: mille-feuilles [plural], millefeuille [alternative]
Rhymes: -œj Etymology: From mille (“a thousand”) + feuille (“leaf, layer”). Etymology templates: {{af|fr|mille|feuille|t1=a thousand|t2=leaf, layer}} mille (“a thousand”) + feuille (“leaf, layer”) Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} mille-feuille f (plural mille-feuilles)
  1. (botany) common yarrow, yarrow, milfoil (Achillea millefolium) Wikidata QID: Q25408 Tags: feminine Synonyms: achillée
    Sense id: en-mille-feuille-fr-noun-fr:Q25408 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Anthemideae tribe plants Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 45 38 3 13 Disambiguation of Anthemideae tribe plants: 32 6 61 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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