Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

langue de chat

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 2.29 in modern English

Syllables: langue de chat
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of cat's tongue; small chocolate biscuit shaped like a the tongue of a cat.

Example Sentences

"My grandmother would have been ashamed to have less than two kinds of rich homemade cake in the big cake box on ber pantry shelf. Usually there were three or four. And I hate to think of what she would have said had she gone out to dinner and been offered for dessert a compote of fruit and a dry little langue-de-chat."
"The fanciful range of costumes they created together begins with a spin through French costume history. Croissants and meringues make a Marie Antoinette wig; a shimmying flapper shift consists of thin langues-de-chat; oval slices of country bread form a bustle that literally trails into crumbs."
"I made some langues de chat."

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French langue de chat.

Inflected Forms

langues de chat (plural)

Synonyms

cat's tongue

Questions

What does langue de chat mean?: Synonym of cat's tongue; small chocolate biscuit shaped like a the tongue of a cat.
Where does langue de chat come from?: Unadapted borrowing from French langue de chat.

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