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galette

flat cake, galette

noun gah-LET Rare
Food & Drink Dishes

Origin: Old French galet (pebble), for the flat round shape

Also means

round flat biscuit

Usage Note

Galette covers several distinct flat, round foods: the galette des Rois (Epiphany king cake with a hidden charm) is a major January tradition in France; galettes bretonnes are buckwheat crepes from Brittany, filled with savoury ingredients. Galette can also refer informally to money in very colloquial speech.

Examples

"On a mangé une galette des Rois en janvier."

Natural Translation

We ate a king cake in January.

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