🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

pasticceria

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pas.ti.tʃeˈri.a

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Pastry/ˈpeɪ.stri/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Ho comprato una pasta dolce alla pasticceria."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A dough of flour, fat, and water used as a base or covering for baked dishes such as pies.

    "She rolled out the pastry carefully before placing it on the pie dish."
  2. 2

    A sweet baked food made of a dough of flour, shortening, and sugar, typically containing fruit, cream, or nuts.

    "He enjoyed a flaky chocolate pastry with his morning coffee."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'pastry' originates from the Old French 'pâtisserie', which itself comes from the Latin 'pasta', meaning 'paste' or 'dough'. The term evolved through culinary traditions in medieval Europe, where it referred to a variety of baked goods made from dough.

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