menardices

English translation: mignardises or petit-fours

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Spanish term or phrase:menardices
English translation:mignardises or petit-fours
Entered by: patinba

11:22 Dec 10, 2019
Spanish to English translations [Non-PRO]
Food & Drink
Spanish term or phrase: menardices
I'm translating a menu and I came across the term "Bufet menardices" and I have no idea what "menardices" is.

Searching for the exact terms only brings up 4 results, one of which is another menu: http://restauranteadri.com/website/paginas/menu_san_valentin...
Kevin Rojas
United Kingdom
Local time: 09:00
mignardises
Explanation:
mignardise (plural mignardises) (French)
A bite-sized dessert sometimes served at the end of a meal.

Course Twelve – Mignardise. At the end of the meal, you can serve a mignardise, which is a tiny, bite-sized dessert or pastry served with tea, coffee, port, brandy, or scotch.

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Best Mignardises Dessert - Bella Esa
https://bellaesa.com › galleries › mignardises-dessert
Browse our Mignardises Dessert collection - you might also be interested in Mignardises Dessert Maison & Mignardises Dessert Buffet - 2019. Click here ...

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A petit four (plural: petits fours, also known as mignardises) is a small bite-sized confectionery or savoury appetizer. The name is French, petit four (French pronunciation: ​[pə. ti. fur]), meaning "small oven".
Petit four - Wikipedia

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So you could use "petit-fours" to make it more recognisable
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patinba
Argentina
Local time: 05:00
Grading comment
makes sense, thank you!
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mignardises


Explanation:
mignardise (plural mignardises) (French)
A bite-sized dessert sometimes served at the end of a meal.

Course Twelve – Mignardise. At the end of the meal, you can serve a mignardise, which is a tiny, bite-sized dessert or pastry served with tea, coffee, port, brandy, or scotch.

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Note added at 1 hr (2019-12-10 12:31:40 GMT)
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Best Mignardises Dessert - Bella Esa
https://bellaesa.com › galleries › mignardises-dessert
Browse our Mignardises Dessert collection - you might also be interested in Mignardises Dessert Maison & Mignardises Dessert Buffet - 2019. Click here ...

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Note added at 1 hr (2019-12-10 12:33:11 GMT)
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A petit four (plural: petits fours, also known as mignardises) is a small bite-sized confectionery or savoury appetizer. The name is French, petit four (French pronunciation: ​[pə. ti. fur]), meaning "small oven".
Petit four - Wikipedia

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So you could use "petit-fours" to make it more recognisable

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 05:00
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 38
Grading comment
makes sense, thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cecilia Gowar: Well done Pat!
1 hr
  -> Thank you Cecilia!

agree  neilmac
3 hrs
  -> Thank you!

agree  philgoddard: I'd go for petits fours - Wikipedia has them as synonyms.
3 hrs
  -> Yes. Thank you!

agree  Yvonne Gallagher: yes, petits fours more commonly in English
1 day 1 hr
  -> Yes. Thank you!
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