🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

croûte de tarte

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kroot duh tart

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pie-Crust/ˈpaɪ.krʌst/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"La croûte de tarte était parfaitement dorée."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    The outer baked shell of a pie, typically made from flour, fat, and water.

    "The apple pie had a perfectly golden pie-crust that was flaky and delicious."
  2. 2

    A term used to describe the texture or quality of the outer layer of a pie.

    "She praised the chef for the light and airy pie-crust that complemented the filling."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'pie' originates from the Latin 'pica', meaning 'magpie', which was used to describe a dish that contained a mixture of ingredients. 'Crust' comes from the Latin 'crusta', meaning 'hard surface' or 'shell', evolving through Old French into Middle English. The combination reflects the traditional pastry shell used in various pie recipes.

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