petit four
(peti fɔːʳ)
Word forms: plural petits fours, plural petit fours
countable noun [usually plural]
Petits fours are very small sweet cakes. They are sometimes served with coffee at the end of a meal.
petit four in British English
(ˈpɛtɪ ˈfɔː, French pəti fur)
nounWord forms: plural petits fours (ˈpɛtɪ ˈfɔːz, French pəti fur)
any of various very small rich sweet cakes and biscuits, usually decorated with fancy icing, marzipan, etc
Word origin
French, literally: little ovenpetit four in American English
(ˈpɛti ˈfɔr; French pəti ˈfuʀ)
Word forms: plural petits fours (ˈpɛti ˈfɔrz; French pəti ˈfuʀ) or petit fours (ˈpɛti ˈfɔrz)
a small cake cut from spongecake, etc. in any of various shapes and decorated with icing
Word origin
Fr, small cake < petit, small + four, cake, lit., oven < L furnus: see furnaceImage ofpetit four
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