Meanings
noungateau (countable and uncountable, plural gateaux or gateaus)
plural gateaux · plural gateaus · alternative gâteau
- UKcountableuncountableA rich, usually iced, cake.
Determined on keeping up my strength for what the night might bring, I ate heartily—enjoying every morsel, especially of the two slices of gateau I didn’t feel it wrong to take as my share, since there was still one good-sized piece left for Judy.
2009, Dorothy Cannell, She Shoots to Conquer, Alibi, published 2016, →ISBN
Synonyms & antonyms
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Origin
- Frenchgâteau
- Englishgateau
Borrowed from French gâteau. Doublet of wastel.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic كَعْكَة
- كَعْكَة (kaʕka)rich, iced cake
Bulgarian торта, паста
- торта (torta)rich, iced cake
- паста (pasta)rich, iced cake
Chinese Mandarin 奶油蛋糕
- 奶油蛋糕 (nǎiyóu dàngāo)rich, iced cake
Czech dort
- dortrich, iced cake
Dutch taart
- taartrich, iced cake
Finnish kakku, täytekakku
- kakkurich, iced cake
- täytekakkurich, iced cake
French gâteau
- gâteaurich, iced cake
German Kuchen, Torte
- Kuchenrich, iced cake
- Torterich, iced cake
Hungarian torta
- tortarich, iced cake
Italian torta
- tortarich, iced cake
Japanese ケーキ, ガトー
- ケーキ (kēki)rich, iced cake
- ガトー (gatō)rich, iced cake
Korean 케이크
- 케이크 (keikeu)rich, iced cake
Polish tort
- tortrich, iced cake
Portuguese bolo cremoso
- bolo cremosorich, iced cake
Russian пиро́жное, торт
- пиро́жное (piróžnoje)rich, iced cake
- торт (tort)rich, iced cake
- гато́ (gató)rich, iced cake
Spanish tarta
- tartarich, iced cake
Swedish tårta
- tårtarich, iced cake
Vietnamese bánh ngọt, bánh ga tô
- bánh ngọtrich, iced cake
- bánh ga tôrich, iced cake
- bánh kemrich, iced cake
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with gateau
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APA
gateau. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gateau
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“gateau.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gateau. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “gateau,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/gateau.
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