Noun: gateau
| Singular | gateau |
| Plural | gateaux; gateaus |
Sample Sentences
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Determined on keeping up my strength for what the night might bring, I ate heartily—enjoying every morsel, especially of the two slices of gateau I didn’t feel it wrong to take as my share, since there was still one good-sized piece left for Judy. [2009, Dorothy Cannell, She Shoots to Conquer, Alibi, published 2016, →ISBN:]
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a gateau of veal
Nouns inflected like gateau
bandeau,
Black Forest gateau,
Black Forest gâteau,
portemanteau,
adieu,
aboideau,
black forest gâteau,
black forest gateau,
gateau,
milieu,
rondeau,
gâteau,
tableau,
beau,
Etymology
Borrowed from French gâteau. Doublet of wastel. See: French Nouns '
gâteau'.