pet-de-nonne

See also: pet de nonne

French

FWOTD – 6 July 2016

Pets-de-nonne

Alternative forms

• pet de nonne

Etymology

Literally, “nun's fart”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ.d(ə).nɔn/

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Noun

pet-de-nonne m (plural pets-de-nonne)

1. a small choux pastry eaten during carnival season in France (especially Alsace) and Belgium
   • Jacques Dissler, Balle jaune et ligne blanche, Lulu.com, page 10:

     Un vrai pet-de-nonne, à déguster bien chaud.

     A true pet-de-nonne, to be eaten very hot.

Further reading

• “pet-de-nonne”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• pet de nonne on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr