English
A galette des rois or king cake from France
Noun
king cake (plural king cakes)
- A decorative cake distributed among friends or visitors on Epiphany. In many traditions it contains a pea, a trinket or some other small object which entitles its finder to be the "king" for one day.
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cake eaten on Epiphany
- Arabic: كَعْكَة عِيد الغَطَّاس f (kaʿka(t) ʿīd al-ḡaṭṭās)
- Basque: errege-opil
- Catalan: tortell (ca) m, tortell de Reis m
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 帝王蛋糕 (dìwáng dàngāo)
- Danish: helligtrekongerskage c
- Dutch: driekoningentaart m, f, koningentaart m, f
- Esperanto: reĝoflano
- Finnish: loppiaiskakku
- French: galette des rois (fr) f, gâteau des rois m, couronne des rois (fr) f
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- German: Dreikönigskuchen m
- Greek: βασιλόπιτα (el) f (vasilópita)
- Italian: galette des rois f
- Japanese: ガレット・デ・ロワ (garetto de rowa)
- Occitan: corona dels Reis f, reiaume (oc) m
- Persian: کیک پادشاه (keyk pâd(e)šâh)
- Polish: ciasto Trzech Króli n
- Portuguese: bolo-rei m
- Russian: пиро́г волхво́в m (piróg volxvóv)
- Spanish: roscón de Reyes m, rosca de Reyes f
- Swedish: kungskaka c
- Vietnamese: bánh vua
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