a small cream puff
Origin of profiterole
Fr, a small gain, diminutive of profit, profit: used origin, originally of any cake or other extra food cooked for and given to the servantsprofiterole
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profiterole
noun
A small round cream puff.
Origin of profiterole
French perhaps diminutive of profiter to profit from Old French from profit profit ; see profit .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural profiteroles)
- A small, hollow case of choux pastry with a filling
Usage notes
- Most often having a cream filling, and served with a chocolate sauce
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