Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pastry war

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables: pas-try war
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

The first of two wars between Mexico and France in the 19th century.

Etymology

So called because it was initiated by a complaint to King Louis-Philippe from a French pastry chef known as Monsieur Remontel.

Inflected Forms

the Pastry War (canonical)

Questions

What does pastry war mean?: The first of two wars between Mexico and France in the 19th century.
Where does pastry war come from?: So called because it was initiated by a complaint to King Louis-Philippe from a French pastry chef known as Monsieur Remontel.

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