/peuh tis"euh ree/ ; Fr. /pah teeseu rddee"/ , n. , pl. patisseries /-reez/ ; Fr. /-rddee"/ .
1. a shop where pastry, esp. French pastry, is made and sold.
2. See French pastry .
[ 1760-70; pâtisserie, MF pastiserie, equiv. to pastis-, presumed OF * pastitz pastry ( pasticium; see PASTICCIO) + -erie -ERY ]