brioche
English edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
brioche (countable and uncountable, plural brioches)
- (countable and uncountable) A type of light sweet pastry or bun of French origin.
- Hypernym: viennoiserie
- Coordinate terms: croissant, pain au chocolat, Danish pastry
- 2004, Harold McGee, chapter 10, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:
- French brioche dough is especially rich in butter and eggs. It's often retarded […] for 6–18 hours to stiffen it, then rolled out and briefly rested.
- (countable) A knitted cushion for the feet.
Translations edit
type of bun
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References edit
- ^ “brioche”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From Old French brier (“to break”) + -oche; compare French broyer.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brioche f (plural brioches)
- (baking, cooking) brioche (type of light sweet pastry or bun of French origin)
- (Can we date this quote?), Attributed to Marie Antoinette:
- Qu’ils mangent de la brioche.
- Let them eat cake.
- (Can we date this quote?), Attributed to Marie Antoinette:
- (figuratively) gaffe, blunder
- (informal) paunch, belly
- Synonym: bide
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Descendants of brioche in other languages
Further reading edit
- “brioche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- brioche on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French brioche, from Old French brier (“to break”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
brioche f (invariable)
- a croissant, Danish pastry, or other sweet bun
See also edit
- cornetto m
Anagrams edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French brioche.[1][2]
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: bri‧o‧che
Noun edit
brioche m (plural brioches)
References edit
- ^ “brioche” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “brioche” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
brioche m (plural brioches)
- brioche (type of bun)
Further reading edit
- “brioche”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014