Meanings
plural patisseries · alternative pâtisserie
- UKcountableuncountableA shop that sells pastries and cakes.
1 more example
“Whoa. Pastry Pete's Patisserie. Pastry Pete is so brilliant. Did you know he won a Tasty Num Nums Award last year for combining crullers and Bundt cakes? They're called "crunts"!” “Oh, you got a crush on him. Speckle better watch out.” “I do not! Shut up! I'm telling you, you gotta try those sweet, crusty crunts.” “Ew!” “Come on, let's go!”
2019 May 3, Lisa Hanawalt & Raphael Bob-Waksberg, “The Sugar Bowl” (14:20 from the start), in Tuca & Bertie, season 1, episode 1, spoken by Bertie Songthrush (Ali Wong) - countableuncountableA pastry.
- obsoleteuncountablePastry.
He had a little wife, he ſaid, whom he loved, who did the patiſſerie; and added, he felt no diſhonour in defending her and himſelf from want in this way—unleſs Providence had offer’d him a better.
1768, Mr. Yorick [pseudonym; Laurence Sterne], “Le Patisser. Versailles.”, in A Sentimental Journey through France and Italy, volume II, London: […] T. Becket and P. A. De Hondt, […], →OCLC, pages 51–52
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Frenchpâtisser
- Frenchpâtisserie
- Englishpatisserie
Borrowed from French pâtisserie.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Mandarin 糕餅店 /糕饼店, 糕點店 /糕点店
- 糕餅店 /糕饼店pastry shop
- 糕點店 /糕点店pastry shop
Finnish konditoria
- konditoriapastry shop
French pâtisserie
- pâtisseriepastry shop
German Konditorei
- Konditoreipastry shop
Greek ζαχαροπλαστείο
- ζαχαροπλαστείο (zacharoplasteío)pastry shop
Indonesian patiseri
- patiseripastry shop
Italian pasticceria
- pasticceriapastry shop
Polish cukiernia
- cukierniapastry shop
Portuguese patisseria, confeitaria
- patisseriapastry shop
- confeitariapastry shop
Russian конди́терская
- конди́терская (kondíterskaja)pastry shop
Spanish pastelería, bollería
- pasteleríapastry shop
- bolleríapastry shop
Turkish pastane
- pastanepastry shop
Cite this entry
patisserie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patisserie
“patisserie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patisserie. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “patisserie,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/patisserie.
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