gâteau

== English == === Noun === gâteau (countable and uncountable, plural gâteaux or gâteaus) Alternative form of gateau. ==== Related terms ==== petit gâteau == French == === Etymology === 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”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡa.to/ ~ /ɡɑ.to/ Homophone: gâteaux Rhymes: -o === Noun === gâteau m (plural gâteaux) 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) (Louisiana) a cookie ==== Hypernyms ==== pâtisserie ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Bambara: gato → English: gateau Haitian Creole: gato === Further reading === “gâteau”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === augeât