🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

pasticceria

Pronunciation / Transliteration: pasticceria

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

"Ho comprato dei cannoli dalla pasticceria."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A shop where pastries, cakes, and other baked goods are made and sold.

    "I stopped by the pastry-shop to pick up some fresh croissants for breakfast."
  2. 2

    A place specializing in the sale of sweet baked goods.

    "The pastry-shop is famous for its elaborate wedding cakes."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'pastry' originates from the Old French word 'pâtisserie', which refers to a shop where pastries are made and sold. The word 'shop' comes from the Old English 'sceoppa', meaning a structure for trade, dating back to the 14th century.

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