Etymology

vol-au-vent

Today it means: A small circular piece of puff pastry with a hole for various fillings, such as mushrooms, prawns, fruit, cheese, etc. Full definition →

French vol-au-vent
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The story

  1. French · borrowed fromvol-au-vent“windblown”
  2. English todayvol-au-vent

Unadapted borrowing from French vol-au-vent (“windblown”, literally “flight in the wind”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.