Meanings
palmier1
plural palmiers
- A type of puff pastry biscuit made in the shape of a palm leaf and rolled in sugar.
Glass cases are filled with a pastel field of pink sweet buns, glossy guava-oozing pastries and their vanilla custard cousins, crispy, heart-shaped orejas (elephant ears, or, at French bakeries, palmiers), and conchas (shells).
2007 January 30, Lily Koppel, “In a Bakery Window, Shades of Miss Havisham”, in New York TimesSynonyms: elephant ear
palmier2
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA type of puff pastry biscuit made in the shape of a palm leaf and rolled in sugar.
Origin
- Frenchpalmier
- Englishpalmier
Borrowed from French palmier, ellipsis of feuille de palmier (“palm tree leaf”), the original name of this pastry.
More words from French
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Arabic بالميي
- بالمييpuff pastry
Basque palmera
- palmerapuff pastry
Catalan ulleres, palmera
- ullerespuff pastry
- palmerapuff pastry
Chinese Cantonese 蝴蝶酥, 蝴蝶餅 /蝴蝶饼
- 蝴蝶酥puff pastry
- 蝴蝶餅 /蝴蝶饼 (wu⁴ dip⁶ beng²)puff pastry
Chinese Mandarin 蝴蝶酥, 蝴蝶餅 /蝴蝶饼
- 蝴蝶酥 (húdiésū)puff pastry
- 蝴蝶餅 /蝴蝶饼 (húdiébǐng)puff pastry
French palmier
- palmierpuff pastry
German Schweinsohr
- Schweinsohrpuff pastry
Hebrew אוזני פיל
- אוזני פילpuff pastry
Persian پالمیه
- پالمیهpuff pastry
Spanish palmera
- palmerapuff pastry
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Cite this entry
palmier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palmier
“palmier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/palmier. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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