palmier
noun, adjective
palmier is spelled P-A-L-M-I-E-R: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, palmier means “A type of puff pastry biscuit made in the shape of a palm leaf and rolled in sugar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of palmier is palmiers.
How many letters and syllables are in palmier?
| Letters | 7: P-A-L-M-I-E-R |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 50 million words; the 220,118th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is palmier?
Palmier appears about once in every 50 million words in written English, the 220,118th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
What rhymes with palmier?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as palmier.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: impaler, lempira.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of palmier
- palmiers plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does palmier mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A type of puff pastry biscuit made in the shape of a palm leaf and rolled in sugar.
adjective
- 1
comparative form of palmy: more palmy
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Palmier in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense puff pastry:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | palmier |
| German | Schweinsohr |
| Spanish | palmera |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does palmier come from?
Borrowed from French palmier, ellipsis of feuille de palmier (“palm tree leaf”), the original name of this pastry.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).