Meanings
nounpuff pastry (countable and uncountable, plural puff pastries)
plural puff pastries
- countableuncountableA light, flaky pastry that is made of alternating buttery and floury dough layers by repeatedly folding the rolled pastry into many layers.
Synonyms: pate feuilletee
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA light, flaky pastry that is made of alternating buttery and floury dough layers by repeatedly folding the rolled pastry into many layers.
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Afrikaans blaardeeg
- blaardeeglight, flaky pastry
Ancient Greek φυστή
- φυστή (phustḗ)light, flaky pastry
Arabic عجينة منتفخة
- عجينة منتفخة (ʕajīna muntafiḵa)light, flaky pastry
Basque hostore
- hostorelight, flaky pastry
Catalan pasta de full, pasta fullada
- pasta de fulllight, flaky pastry
- pasta fulladalight, flaky pastry
Chinese Cantonese 酥皮, 擘酥皮
- 酥皮 (sou¹ pei⁴)light, flaky pastry
- 擘酥皮 (maak³ sou¹ pei⁴)light, flaky pastry
Chinese Mandarin 酥皮, 千層餅 /千层饼
- 酥皮 (sūpí)light, flaky pastry
- 千層餅 /千层饼 (qiāncéngbǐng)light, flaky pastry
- 鬆餅 /松饼 (sōngbǐng)light, flaky pastry
- 松塔餅 /松塔饼 (sōngtǎbǐng)light, flaky pastry
- 千層酥餅 /千层酥饼 (qiāncéngsūbǐng)light, flaky pastry
Czech listové těsto
- listové těstolight, flaky pastry
Danish butterdejskage, butterdej
- butterdejskagelight, flaky pastry
- butterdejlight, flaky pastry
- smørdejlight, flaky pastry
Dutch bladerdeeg, korstdeeg
- bladerdeeglight, flaky pastry
- korstdeeglight, flaky pastry
Esperanto foliigita pasto
- foliigita pastolight, flaky pastry
Finnish lehikäinen, lehtitaikinaleivonnainen
- lehikäinenlight, flaky pastry
- lehtitaikinaleivonnainenlight, flaky pastry
French pâte feuilletée
- pâte feuilletéelight, flaky pastry
German Blätterteig
- Blätterteiglight, flaky pastry
Greek σφολιάτα
- σφολιάτα (sfoliáta)light, flaky pastry
Hebrew בְּצֵק עָלִים
- בְּצֵק עָלִים (b'tzék alím)light, flaky pastry
Hindi छिछोरा आदमी
- छिछोरा आदमी (chichorā ādmī)light, flaky pastry
Hungarian leveles tészta
- leveles tésztalight, flaky pastry
Icelandic smjördeig
- smjördeiglight, flaky pastry
Indonesian keripik pastel
- keripik pastellight, flaky pastry
Irish puth-thaosrán
- puth-thaosránlight, flaky pastry
Italian pasta sfoglia
- pasta sfoglialight, flaky pastry
Japanese パイ生地, パフペストリー
- パイ生地 (pai kiji)light, flaky pastry
- パフペストリー (pafupēsutorī)light, flaky pastry
- 折り込みパイ生地 (orikomi pai kiji)light, flaky pastry
Korean 퍼프 페이스트리
- 퍼프 페이스트리 (peopeu peiseuteuri)light, flaky pastry
Latvian kārtainā mīkla
- kārtainā mīklalight, flaky pastry
Lithuanian sluoksniuota tešla
- sluoksniuota tešlalight, flaky pastry
Malay pastri lapis
- pastri lapislight, flaky pastry
Norwegian Bokmål butterdeig
- butterdeiglight, flaky pastry
Persian خمیر هزارلا
- خمیر هزارلاlight, flaky pastry
Polish ciasto francuskie, ciasto listkowe
- ciasto francuskielight, flaky pastry
- ciasto listkowelight, flaky pastry
Portuguese massa folhada, folhado
- massa folhadalight, flaky pastry
- folhadolight, flaky pastry
Romanian foitaj
- foitajlight, flaky pastry
Russian слоёное те́сто, сло́йка
- слоёное те́сто (slojónoje tésto)light, flaky pastry
- сло́йка (slójka)light, flaky pastry
Scottish Gaelic sgrath-bhreathach
- sgrath-bhreathachlight, flaky pastry
Slovak lístkové cesto
- lístkové cestolight, flaky pastry
Spanish hojaldre
- hojaldrelight, flaky pastry
Swedish bladdeg, smördeg
- bladdeglight, flaky pastry
- smördeglight, flaky pastry
- smördegsbrödlight, flaky pastry
Tagalog uhaldres, ohaldre
- uhaldreslight, flaky pastry
- ohaldrelight, flaky pastry
Turkish puf böreği
- puf böreğilight, flaky pastry
Ukrainian листкове тісто
- листкове тісто (lystkove tisto)light, flaky pastry
Vietnamese bột nhào nở
- bột nhào nởlight, flaky pastry
Welsh crwst pwff
- crwst pwfflight, flaky pastry
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puff pastry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puff%20pastry
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“puff pastry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/puff%20pastry. Accessed November 4, 2026.
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