petit four

pet·it four  (pt fôr, fr)

n. pl. pe·tits fours or pet·it fours (pt fôrz, frz)

A small, square-cut, frosted and decorated piece of pound cake or sponge cake.

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[French : petit, little + four, oven.]

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petit four [ˈpɛtɪ ˈfɔː (French) pəti fur]

n pl petits fours [ˈpɛtɪ ˈfɔːz (French) pəti fur]

(Cookery) any of various very small rich sweet cakes and biscuits, usually decorated with fancy icing, marzipan, etc.

[French, literally: little oven]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

petit four - small (individual) frosted and ornamented cake cake - baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat

Translations

petit four [ˌpetɪˈfɔː] N → pastelito m de mazapán

petit four

n pl <-s -s> → Petit Four nt