pièce montée

noun

A decorative table ornament made from sugar, etc.

OriginFrench pièce montée →
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Meanings

nounpièce montée (plural pièces montées)

plural pièces montées

  1. A decorative table ornament made from sugar, etc.

Origin

  1. Frenchpièce montée
  2. Frenchpièce montée
  3. Englishpièce montée

Borrowed from French pièce montée (“mounted piece”).

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APA

pièce montée. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pi%C3%A8ce%20mont%C3%A9e

MLA

“pièce montée.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pi%C3%A8ce%20mont%C3%A9e. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pièce montée,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pi%C3%A8ce%20mont%C3%A9e.

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