quatre-quarts
See also: quatre quarts
English
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Literally, “four quarters”, as it is one quarter each of flour, sugar, butter and eggs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ka.tʁə.kaʁ/
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Noun
quatre-quarts m (plural quatre-quarts)
- pound cake (dense yellow sponge)
- quatre quart: French pound cake
- English pound cake
Hypernyms
Derived terms
- gâteau quatre-quarts
- quatre-quarts moelleux
- gâteau quatre-quarts moelleux
Descendants
- English: quatre quart
Further reading
- “quatre-quarts”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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