See also: Brioche and brioché

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A brioche

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French brioche.

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbriːɒʃ/, /briːˈɒʃ/[1]
    • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒʃ

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brioche (countable and uncountable, plural brioches)

  1. (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.
    • 2017, Kate Dunn, The Dragonfly, Twickenham: Aurora Metro Books, →ISBN, page 304:
      She sat him at the table in the saloon, then unobtrusively she made him tea and brought him slices of brioche spread with lock keeper’s honey.
  2. (countable) A knitted cushion for the feet.

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French edit

 
une brioche françaisea French brioche (1)

Etymology edit

From Old French brier (to break) +‎ -oche; compare French broyer.

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brioche f (plural brioches)

  1. (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.
  2. (figuratively) gaffe, blunder
    Synonyms: gaucherie, bévue, boulette
  3. (informal) paunch, belly
    Synonym: bide

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French brioche, from Old French brier (to break).

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brioche f (invariable)

  1. a croissant, Danish pastry, or other sweet bun
    Synonyms: cornetto, croissant

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French brioche.[1][2]

Pronunciation edit

 

  • Hyphenation: bri‧o‧che

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brioche m (plural brioches)

  1. (cooking) brioche (type of bun)

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Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French brioche.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɾjot͡ʃe/ [ˈbɾjo.t͡ʃe]
  • Rhymes: -otʃe
  • Syllabification: brio‧che

Noun edit

brioche m (plural brioches)

  1. brioche (type of bun)

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