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dacquoise

/dækˈwɑːz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
dac-quoise
IPA
/dækˈwɑːz/
21
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dessert cake made with layers of almond and hazelnut meringue and whipped cream or buttercream, typically served chilled with fruit.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

From French dacquoise, feminine of dacquois (“from the French town of Dax”), the origin of the dessert.

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Inflected Forms

dacquoises (plural)

Rhymes With

las vase paws spas shiraz maas brunoise fracases

Questions

How do you pronounce dacquoise?
The recorded pronunciation is /dækˈwɑːz/.
What does dacquoise mean?
A dessert cake made with layers of almond and hazelnut meringue and whipped cream or buttercream, typically served chilled with fruit.
Where does dacquoise come from?
It is traced to French.

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