Neapolitan wafer

noun

A layered wafer biscuit usually filled with chocolate cream.

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Meanings

nounNeapolitan wafer (plural Neapolitan wafers)

plural Neapolitan wafers

  1. A layered wafer biscuit usually filled with chocolate cream.

Origin

Coined by Josef Manner (founder of Manner, who invented this type of wafer) in 1898. The hazelnuts they used were imported from the Naples region, hence "Neapolitan".

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Translations

Catalan napolitana
  • napolitanalayered wafer biscuit
French gaufrette, gaufrette napolitaine
  • gaufrettelayered wafer biscuit
  • gaufrette napolitainelayered wafer biscuit
German Neapolitaner, Neapolitanerschnitten
  • Neapolitanerlayered wafer biscuit
  • Neapolitanerschnittenlayered wafer biscuit
  • Neapolitaner-Waffelnlayered wafer biscuit
Hungarian nápolyi ostya, nápolyi szelet
  • nápolyi ostyalayered wafer biscuit
  • nápolyi szeletlayered wafer biscuit
  • nápolyilayered wafer biscuit
Italian wafer, fru fru
  • waferlayered wafer biscuit
  • fru frulayered wafer biscuit
Polish wafle przekładane
  • wafle przekładanelayered wafer biscuit
Romanian napolitană
  • napolitanălayered wafer biscuit
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