gâteau

Meaning

1. a sponge cake, i.e. a cake made with a chemical leavening agent (e.g. baking powder), making it light and airy (as opposed to a denser torte)
2. a cookie

Concepts

cake

🍰

pie

🥧

gateau

pastry

cakes

confectioner

cookie

🍪

crêpe

magpie

pancake

pancakes

🥞

pasta

patty

sponge cake

tart

torte

angel cake

closed compound

bar

Bauchlandung

breeze

cakewalk

coat

🧥

confection

Synonyms

tarte

🥧

pâtisserie

tourte

pâté

pâte

rigolade

😆

barreau

crêpe épaisse

pancake

patisserie

atterrissage brutal

bar

galettedomain:arch

beignet

beurre

🧈

crêpe

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɡa.to/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: gasteau

Inherited from Old French: gastel

Cognate with Old English: wist

Cognate with Sicilian: guasteḍḍa

In summary

Inherited from Middle French gasteau, from Old French gastel, from Frankish *wastil, from Proto-Germanic *wastilaz, from Proto-Indo-European *wes- (“to eat; consume”). Compare Old English wist (“food; provision; feast”) and obsolete English wastel, Sicilian guasteḍḍa (“a kind of round bread”).

Sentences

Le gâteau est fait avec de la farine et des œufs .

The cake is made with flour and eggs.