English Dictionary

king cake

IPA（発音記号）

/kɪŋ keɪk/

名詞

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.

日本語の意味

公現祭（エピファニー）において、友人や訪問者に振る舞われる装飾されたケーキ。多くの伝統では、ケーキの中にエンドウ豆や小さな装飾品などが隠されており、それを見つけた人がその日一日、『王様』として扱われる。

At Mardi Gras, we shared a king cake, and whoever found the tiny porcelain baby became the king for the day.

マルディグラでは、豆や小さな陶製の人形が入った公現祭の飾りケーキをみんなで分け合い、見つけた人がその日一日だけ「王様」になりました。

意味（1）

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.

A pretty superstition was also connected with the King's Cake. The lucky finder of the pecan, or bean, or ring, which was hidden within was henceforth to be favored by fortune. The queen cut the bean in two, and gave half of it to her king, and so, if a gentleman found it. The lucky bean was faithfully preserved as a talisman, and in many an old Creole family to-day there is carefully preserved a little shriveled amulet which was found in the Gateau du Roi on Twelfth Night.

king cakes （ plural ）