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pain au chocolat

/ˌpæn oʊ ˌʃoʊkoʊˈlɑ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.49 in modern English

Syllables
pain au -choco-lat
IPA
/ˌpæn oʊ ˌʃoʊkoʊˈlɑ/
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A French snack consisting of a pastry, normally similar to a croissant, with chocolate inside.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from French pain au chocolat (literally “chocolate bread”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /ˌpæn oʊ ˌʃoʊkoʊˈlɑ/
  • British English: /ˌpan əʊ ˈʃɒkəlɑː/

Usage

Inflected Forms

pains au chocolat (plural)

Synonyms

chocolatine

Rhymes With

la ya ma ah ha da pa na nah ha-ha fa ar

Questions

How do you pronounce pain au chocolat?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌpæn oʊ ˌʃoʊkoʊˈlɑ/.
What does pain au chocolat mean?
A French snack consisting of a pastry, normally similar to a croissant, with chocolate inside.
Where does pain au chocolat come from?
It is traced to French.

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