patisserie

noun

pa·​tis·​se·​rie pə-ˈti-sə-rē How to pronounce patisserie (audio)
pä-
variants or pâtisserie
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: a pastry shop

Examples of patisserie in a Sentence

a delicious selection of French patisserie
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When the perfect tree ends up being on Alma’s family land, Charlie stays in town eating pastries at Ricki Lake’s patisserie and crashing a gingerbread house-making contest while the two navigate their attraction to each other and their seemingly conflicting goals. Sarah Neilson, Them., 17 Nov. 2025 Pretty hard when patisserie requires the butter to be cold, which we are told more times than there are horny puns. Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025 The patisserie and café goes beyond your average coffeehouse fare. Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 5 Oct. 2025 Travers says that this new whisky is kind of an extension of a previous release called Nectarosity, an expression that was all about patisserie. Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for patisserie

Word History

Etymology

French pâtisserie, from Middle French pastiserie, from pasticier to make pastry, from Old French *pastitz cake, from Vulgar Latin *pasticium, from Late Latin pasta dough

First Known Use

1594, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of patisserie was in 1594

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“Patisserie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/patisserie. Accessed 23 Nov. 2025.

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