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cake

/keɪk/

cakenoun

cakes

/keɪk/

Translations

gâteau

She baked a chocolate cake for his birthday.

Elle a préparé un gâteau au chocolat pour son anniversaire.

blocPour une masse compacte d’une substance.

The miners found a cake of compressed coal in the mine.

Les mineurs ont trouvé un bloc de charbon comprimé dans la mine.

Additional translations

galettePour une préparation culinaire plate et ronde.

Definitions

A sweet baked food made from a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and other ingredients, typically baked in an oven.

She baked a chocolate cake for his birthday.

A block or thick mass of a particular substance.

The miners found a cake of compressed coal in the mine.

A thin, flat, round mass of cooked food (often fried or baked) made from ingredients such as meat, fish, or vegetables.

She ordered a crab cake for lunch.

Synonyms

baked good

cakeverb

caked

Past Simple

caked

Past Participle

caking

ing-form

/keɪk/

Translations

incrusterSouvent pronominal au sens intransitif.

The mud caked his boots after the long hike through the swamp.

La boue a incrusté ses bottes après la longue randonnée dans le marais.

Definitions

To cover or coat with a thick or sticky substance that hardens when dry.

The mud caked his boots after the long hike through the swamp.

To become encrusted or hardened into a solid mass.

The blood caked on the bandage after the injury.

Synonyms

cakeadjective

/keɪk/

Used attributively before another noun to indicate relation to or made of cake (e.g., cake crumbs, cake tin).

Translations

à gâteauSe dit d’un ingrédient ou d’une préparation destiné(e) à la confection de gâteaux.

She scraped the dried cake batter from the mixing bowl.

Elle a raclé la pâte à gâteau séchée du saladier.

Definitions

Relating to, consisting of, or intended for cake.

She scraped the dried cake batter from the mixing bowl.