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palmier

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.30 in modern English

Syllables
palmi-er
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A type of puff pastry biscuit made in the shape of a palm leaf and rolled in sugar.

adj

comparative form of palmy: more palmy

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from French palmier, ellipsis of feuille de palmier (“palm tree leaf”), the original name of this pastry.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

palmiers (plural)

Synonyms

elephant ear

Questions

What does palmier mean?
A type of puff pastry biscuit made in the shape of a palm leaf and rolled in sugar.
Where does palmier come from?
It is traced to French.

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