croquembouche
French, noun/kʁɔ.kɑ̃.buʃ/
croquembouche is spelled C-R-O-Q-U-E-M-B-O-U-C-H-E (13 letters) and appears about once in every 62 million words in written French, the 247,574th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Croquembouche is a French masculine noun meaning “croquembouche (French dessert made from a pile of profiteroles coated with caramel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de gâteau, glacé de sucre cuit”.
What does croquembouche mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecroquembouche (French dessert made from a pile of profiteroles coated with caramel)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de gâteau, glacé de sucre cuit.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of croquembouche
- croquembouches plural
- croque-en-bouche
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce croquembouche?
- /kʁɔ.kɑ̃.buʃ/
- \kʁɔ.kɑ̃.buʃ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to croquembouche
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is croquembouche in French?
croquembouche appears about once in every 62 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).