pain au chocolat

UK/ˌpan əʊ ˈʃɒkəlɑː/US/ˌpæn oʊ ˌʃoʊkoʊˈlɑ/

noun

A French snack consisting of a pastry, normally similar to a croissant, with chocolate inside.

Meanings

nounpain au chocolat (countable and uncountable, plural pains au chocolat)

plural pains au chocolat

  1. countableuncountableA French snack consisting of a pastry, normally similar to a croissant, with chocolate inside.

    Chocolate sticks called “batons” are made especially for rolling easily into pain au chocolat.

    2021 April 7, Claire Saffitz, “Pain au Chocolat”, in New York Times Cooking, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 07 Apr 2021

    Synonyms: chocolatine

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA French snack consisting of a pastry, normally similar to a croissant, with chocolate inside.

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Origin

  1. Frenchpain au chocolat
  2. Englishpain au chocolat

Borrowed from French pain au chocolat (literally “chocolate bread”).

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Translations

Finnish suklaatasku, pain au chocolat
  • suklaataskupastry
  • pain au chocolatpastry
French pain au chocolat, chocolatine
  • pain au chocolatpastry
  • chocolatinepastry
Italian saccottino, pain au chocolat
  • saccottinopastry
  • pain au chocolatpastry
Korean 팽 오 쇼콜라
  • 팽 오 쇼콜라 (paeng o syokolla)pastry
Polish czekoladowy croissant
  • czekoladowy croissantpastry

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with pain au chocolat

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pain au chocolat. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pain%20au%20chocolat

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Chicago

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