napoleon

Flaky cream pastry

A napoleon is a layered pastry made with puff pastry sheets and pastry cream, typically topped with icing.

The dessert is also called mille-feuille.

In card games, napoleon (or nap) is a trick-taking game where players bid on how many tricks they'll win.

She ordered a chocolate napoleon for dessert. (Capitalized Napoleon is the French emperor.)

pastry

mille-feuille

Layered puff pastry dessert

flaky · vanilla · ganache · glaze · icing · patisserie · confection · French · slice · filling

card game

trick-taking

Winning dealt card rounds

  • trumpSuit outranking all others
  • bidOffer to purchase
  • handGrasping body part

deal · euchre · whist · spades · hearts · diamonds · clubs · suit · lead · follow

Opposites
military conquering ambition

napoleonMahatma Gandhi

pacifist · peacemaker · isolationist · Duke of Wellington · anti-imperialist

political power and autocracy

napoleoncommoner

Non-noble person

peasant · democrat · Thomas Jefferson · serf · George Washington

physical stature (cultural stereotype)

napoleongiant

Being of huge size

Abraham Lincoln · Goliath · colossus · towering figure · tall man

Phrases
Family

napoleons, Napoleonic

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G