пирожное

• (nonstandard) пироженое (piroženoje)
• (nonstandard) пироженное (pirožennoje)

From пиро́г (piróg, “pie, pirog”).

• IPA^(key): [pʲɪˈroʐnəjə]

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пиро́жное • (piróžnoje) n inan (genitive пиро́жного, nominative plural пиро́жные, genitive plural пиро́жных)

1. a small cake (a sweet dessert for one person)

• The words кекс (keks), пиро́жное (piróžnoje), and торт (tort) all translate to “cake” in English, but have distinct usages in Russian:
  • кекс (keks) is a sponge cake or a sweet bread (e.g. a marble cake);
  • пиро́жное (piróžnoje) is any type of small cake or pastry sized for one individual (e.g. a petit four);
  • торт (tort) is a multi-layered cake, typically large enough to serve multiple people (e.g. a birthday cake).

• торт (tort)