cake in French

cake in French is gâteau, pâtisserie, batterie d'artifice — cake means a sweet baked dessert made from flour, sugar, eggs, and other ingredients.

cake in French

gâteau

noun

A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.

pâtisserie

noun

A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar, and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.

batterie d'artifice

noun

(pyrotechnics) A multishot fireworks assembly comprising several tubes, each with a fireworks effect, lit by a single fuse.

batterie de feu d'artifice

noun

(pyrotechnics) A multishot fireworks assembly comprising several tubes, each with a fireworks effect, lit by a single fuse.

What does "cake" mean?

noun A sweet baked dessert made from flour, sugar, eggs, and other ingredients.
"She baked a chocolate cake for his birthday."
verb To coat something thickly, or to harden into a solid crusted layer.
"Mud caked his boots after the hike."

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