Meanings
plural pains au chocolat
- 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 2021Synonyms: chocolatine
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA French snack consisting of a pastry, normally similar to a croissant, with chocolate inside.
Origin
- Frenchpain au chocolat
- Englishpain au chocolat
Borrowed from French pain au chocolat (literally “chocolate bread”).
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →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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