Meanings
nounprofiterole (plural profiteroles)
plural profiteroles
- A small, hollow case of choux pastry with a filling.
Dover sole, and Oeufs Mornay Profiteroles and Peach Flambe The waiters dance on fingertips The nights we dine at Hotel Ritz
1973, “Grand Hotel”, in Grand Hotel, performed by Procol Harum
Origin
- Frenchprofiterole
- Frenchprofiterole
- Englishprofiterole
Borrowed from French profiterole.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian профитеро́л
- профитеро́л (profiteról)choux pastry with filling
Catalan profiterola
- profiterolachoux pastry with filling
Chinese Mandarin 泡芙
- 泡芙 (pàofú)choux pastry with filling
Finnish tuulihattu
- tuulihattuchoux pastry with filling
French profiterole
- profiterolechoux pastry with filling
German Windbeutel
- Windbeutelchoux pastry with filling
Greek προφιτερόλ
- προφιτερόλ (profiteról)choux pastry with filling
Hungarian profiterol
- profiterolchoux pastry with filling
Italian profiterole, profitterol
- profiterolechoux pastry with filling
- profitterolchoux pastry with filling
Polish profiterolka
- profiterolkachoux pastry with filling
Portuguese profiterole
- profiterolechoux pastry with filling
Russian профитро́ль
- профитро́ль (profitrólʹ)choux pastry with filling
Slovak veterník
- veterníkchoux pastry with filling
Spanish profiterol
- profiterolchoux pastry with filling
Turkish profiterol
- profiterolchoux pastry with filling
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profiterole. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/profiterole
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“profiterole.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/profiterole. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
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