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English
Etymology
From French + bread. From being the stereotypical type of bread associated with France.
Noun
French bread (usually uncountable, plural French breads)
- (informal) Synonym of baguette: a long thin loaf of bread with a thick crust and often having large bubbles of air inside, popular in and associated with France.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see French, bread.
2016, Sarah Black, One Dough, Ten Breads: Making Great Bread by Hand, page 62:Boule refers to the shape of the traditional French breads—puffed rustic rounds scored by the village baker.
Translations
a long thin loaf of bread
— see baguette