palmier

Etymology

Borrowed from French palmier (“palm tree”).

Noun

palmier (plural palmiers)

1. A type of puff pastry made in the shape of a palm leaf and rolled in sugar.
   • 2007, January 30, “Lily Koppel”, in In a Bakery Window, Shades of Miss Havisham‎:

     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).

Anagrams

• Palmeri, impaler, impearl, lempira, premial

Etymology

palme +‎ -ier

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pal.mje/

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• Rhymes: -je
• Homophone: palmiers
• Hyphenation: pal‧mier

Noun

palmier m (plural palmiers)

1. palm, palm tree
2. palmier (biscuit)

Further reading

• “palmier” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• emplira

Etymology

Borrowed from French palmier (“palm tree”).

Noun

palmier m (plural palmieri)

1. palm tree

References

• palmier in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language), 2004-2018