papillote
Meanings
Noun
1. papillote (wrapper for food during cooking) (cooking)
2. dish prepared in such a way (by extension)
3. papillote, curlpaper (small piece of paper used to make curled hair) (hair styling)
4. curly hair obtained with this method; ringlet (by extension)
5. curly sideburns, peot (in particular)
6. colored (paper) wrapper for sweets; the sweets themselves
Examples3
bonbon enveloppé dans sa papillote
sweet wrapped in its wrapper
rouget en papillote
red mullet cooked in a packet
Elle nous donnait en guise d'étrennes, à chacun, une papillote de chocolat.
She gave us each as a gift a wrapped piece of chocolate.