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noun

Gâteau

A rich, sweet dessert food, typically made of flour, sugar and eggs and baked in an oven, and often covered in icing.

Examples :

"For dessert, my mom baked a delicious chocolate cake. "

Pour le dessert, ma mère a fait cuire un délicieux gâteau au chocolat.

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noun

Gâteau

A small mass of baked dough, especially a thin loaf from unleavened dough.

Examples :

"a johnnycake"

un johnnycake

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noun

Crêpe, galette

A thin wafer-shaped mass of fried batter; a griddlecake or pancake.

Examples :

"buckwheat cakes"

Des crêpes de sarrasin

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noun

Bloc

A block of any of various dense materials.

Examples :

"a cake of sand"

un bloc de sable

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noun

Un jeu d'enfant

A trivially easy task or responsibility; from a piece of cake.

Examples :

"The extra homework assignment was a cake; it took me only a few minutes to finish. "

Le devoir supplémentaire était un jeu d'enfant ; il ne m'a fallu que quelques minutes pour le finir.

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noun

Argent, fric

Examples :

"My dad brought home a cake of money for our family's vacation. "

Mon père a ramené du fric pour les vacances de notre famille.

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noun

Le gâteau

Used to describe the doctrine of having one's cake and eating it too.

Examples :

"My sister wants to have a great social life and still get straight A's in school, but that's a cake she can't eat. "

Ma sœur veut avoir une vie sociale épanouie et obtenir d'excellentes notes à l'école, mais c'est un gâteau qu'elle ne peut pas manger.

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noun

Fesse, derrière

A buttock, especially one that is exceptionally plump.

Examples :

"My grandmother's cake was truly impressive; it was so round and firm. "

Le derrière de ma grand-mère était vraiment impressionnant ; il était si rond et ferme.

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verb

Encroûter, recouvrir

Coat (something) with a crust of solid material.

Examples :

"His shoes are caked with mud."

Ses chaussures sont encroûtées de boue.

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verb

Former une masse, s'agglomérer

To form into a cake, or mass.

Examples :

"The chef carefully cake the batter into a beautiful, round shape for the birthday cake. "

Le chef a soigneusement formé la pâte en une belle forme ronde pour le gâteau d'anniversaire.

food mass essential

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verb

Cacarder

To cackle like a goose.

Examples :

"The hen cake with laughter as the farmer approached. "

La poule cacarda de rire à l'approche du fermier.

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