canelé

noun

A small French pastry (from Bordeaux) with a soft center and a golden crust, made with rum-flavoured crepe batter, cooked in small molds.

OriginFrench canelé →
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Meanings

nouncanelé (plural canelés)

plural canelés

  1. A small French pastry (from Bordeaux) with a soft center and a golden crust, made with rum-flavoured crepe batter, cooked in small molds.

    ‘Do you play chess?’ Sophia asked, helping herself to a canelé.

    2020, Eley Williams, The Liarʼs Dictionary, William Heinemann, page 153

Origin

  1. Frenchcanelé
  2. Englishcanelé

From French canelé.

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 可麗露 /可丽露
  • 可麗露 /可丽露 (kělìlù)pastry
French canelé
  • canelépastry
Japanese カヌレ
  • カヌレ (kanure)pastry
Korean 카늘레
  • 카늘레 (kaneulle)pastry
Polish canelé
  • canelépastry
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APA

canelé. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canel%C3%A9

MLA

“canelé.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canel%C3%A9. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “canelé,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/canel%C3%A9.

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