English

Alternative forms

• millefeuille

Noun

mille-feuille ‎(plural mille-feuilles)

1. A type of pastry made of several layers of puff pastry usually filled with cream or custard, and topped with icing or sugar.

Synonyms

• Napoleon cake
• (originally US slang) napoleon

Translations

See also

• custard slice
• Napoleon slice
• vanilla slice

References

1. ↑ “mille-feuille” (US) / “millefeuille” (UK) in Oxford Dictionaries, Oxford University Press.

French

une tranche de mille-feuille‎ ― a slice of millefeuille

des fleurs de mille-feuille‎ ― yarrow flowers

Etymology

mille ‎(“a thousand”) +‎ feuille ‎(“leaf, layer”)

Alternative forms

• millefeuille

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mil.fœj/

Noun 1

mille-feuille m ‎(plural mille-feuilles)

1. mille-feuille, vanilla slice

Noun 2

mille-feuille f ‎(plural mille-feuilles)

1. common yarrow, yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

Synonyms

• achillée