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pâte

dough

noun PAHT Less Common
Food & Drink Ingredients

Also means

pasta

Usage Note

Pâte refers both to uncooked dough (for bread, pastry, etc.) and generically to pasta before cooking; the plural les pâtes specifically means cooked pasta as a dish. Pâte feuilletée is puff pastry and pâte brisée is shortcrust pastry. The word also appears in pâte à tartiner (spread, like Nutella).

Examples

"Elle pétrit la pâte avec ses mains."

Natural Translation

She kneads the dough with her hands.

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