patisserie

/pəˈtɪsəri/

/pəˈtɪsəri/

Other forms: patisseries

A patisserie is a fancy French bakery. Hungry for a croissant, an eclair, or some macarons? If there's a patisserie in your town, you're in luck!

Patisserie is a French word that means "pastry shop," from a Latin root that translates as "composed of paste," which makes more sense when you know that paste meant "dough" before it meant "glue." In French-speaking countries, it's spelled with a circumflex accent: pâtisserie. You can also use this word to describe French cakes and sweets in general: "Their selection of patisserie is really impressive, and I love their pain au chocolate!"

Definitions of patisserie

1. noun

   a bakery specializing in French pastry
   type of:

   bakehouse, bakery, bakeshop

   a workplace where baked goods (breads and cakes and pastries) are produced or sold