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paris-brest

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.72 in modern English

Syllables
paris-brest
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dessert consisting of a ring (representing a bicycle wheel) of choux pastry filled with praline and topped with flaked almonds.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from French Paris-Brest, from the French names of the two cities, so called to commemorate the 1,200 km Paris–Brest–Paris bicycle race in 1891.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Paris-Brests (plural)

Questions

What does paris-brest mean?
A dessert consisting of a ring (representing a bicycle wheel) of choux pastry filled with praline and topped with flaked almonds.
Where does paris-brest come from?
It is traced to French.

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