gateau

See also: gâteau

English

Alternative forms

• gâteau

Etymology

Borrowed from French gâteau. Doublet of wastel.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ætəʊ, -əʊ

Noun

gateau (countable and uncountable, plural gateaux or gateaus)

1. (chiefly UK) A rich, usually iced, cake.
   • 2009, Dorothy Cannell, She Shoots to Conquer, Alibi, published 2016, →ISBN:

     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.

2. (cooking, obsolete) A dish of minced meat made up like a pudding, and boiled in a shape or mould.

   a gateau of veal

Derived terms

• Black Forest gateau

Translations

rich, iced cake

• Arabic: كَعْكَة f (kaʕka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奶油蛋糕 (nǎiyóu dàngāo)

• Czech: dort (cs) m
• Dutch: taart (nl)
• Finnish: kakku (fi), täytekakku (fi)
• French: gâteau (fr) m
• German: Kuchen (de) m, Torte (de) f
• Hungarian: torta (hu)
• Italian: torta (it) f
• Japanese: ケーキ (ja) (kēki), ガトー (ja) (gatō)
• Korean: 케이크 (ko) (keikeu)
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: tort (pl) m
• Portuguese: bolo (pt) cremoso (pt)
• Russian: пиро́жное (ru) n (piróžnoje), торт (ru) m (tort), гато́ n (gató)
• Spanish: tarta (es) f
• Swedish: tårta (sv) c
• Vietnamese: bánh ngọt (vi), bánh ga tô