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profiterole

French, noun/pʁɔ.fi.tʁɔl/

profiterole is a French feminine noun meaning “profiterole” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Petit chou, souvent fourré de crème glacée”.

What does profiterole mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineprofiterole

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Petit chou, souvent fourré de crème glacée. 2. Petit pain sans mie cuit sous la cendre et que l'on garnit de petits morceaux d'abats, de béatilles. → voir vol-au-vent

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 profiterole

  • profiteroles plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce profiterole?

  • /pʁɔ.fi.tʁɔl/
  • \pʁɔ.fit.ʁɔl\
  • \pʁɔ.fi.te.ʁɔl\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to profiterole

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is profiterole in French?

profiterole appears about once in every 54 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).