king cake
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
king cake (plural king cakes)
- A decorative cake distributed among friends or visitors on Epiphany. In many traditions it contains a pea, a trinket or some other small object which entitles its finder to be the "king" for one day.
- epiphany cake
- three kings' cake
- twelfth cake, Twelfth cake
- twelfth-day cake
- French: galette des rois, gâteau des rois, couronne des rois
- German: Dreikönigskuchen
- Italian: galette des rois
- Portuguese: bolo-rei
- Russian: пиро́г волхво́в
- Spanish: roscón de Reyes, rosca de Reyes
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