mille-feuille

noun

mēl-ˈfwē 

mēl-ˈfœ-ē

: a dish composed of puff pastry layered with a filling (such as salmon or cream)

Examples of mille-feuille in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The couple tells Vogue that one of their first viral videos was of them making cabbage mille-feuille nabe, a Japanese dish of layered pork and cabbage in a dashi broth. —Anna Grace Lee, Vogue, 14 Jan. 2026

Dinner is a little heartier—think tomato carpaccio, followed by chicken supreme, and an apple mille-feuille for dessert. —Heather Richardson, Travel + Leisure, 8 Dec. 2025

The slit details in the pencil skirts, sleek coats and color block knits and the mille-feuille dresses tapped into the codes of Jil Sander with great accuracy. —Samantha Conti, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025

Finally, top it all off with pistachio cherry mille-feuille made all the more enticing with cherry compote. —Rebecca Deurlein, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025

There’s a black-and-white mille-feuille featuring crackly chocolate dentelle cookies rolled into cigars and stacked with layers of vanilla and chocolate cream, and an exemplary coconut cake at lunchtime. —Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 8 June 2025

Placing clothes inside it is satisfying, like layering a mille-feuille cake. —Elisa Wouk Almino, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025

Buffets are a religion in Hong Kong and the Fullerton’s is first-rate; at breakfast, the praline mille-feuille finger pastry dipped in fig compote is exquisite. —Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 17 Dec. 2024

Word History

Etymology

French, from mille feuilles a thousand leaves

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for mille-feuille

• ampoule
• bascule
• carpool
• cesspool
• ferrule
• footstool
• guayule
• lobule
• misrule
• preschool
• pustule
• whirlpool