gateau

1. 1.

   any of various rich and elaborate cakes

   Broadercake

Other forms of gateau

plural

gateaux

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about gateau

What does gateau mean?

gateau means "any of various rich and elaborate cakes".

How many syllables are in gateau?

gateau has 2 syllables: ga-teau. The stress falls on "teau". In IPA it is /ɡɑˈtoʊ/.

Is gateau a common word?

gateau is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.