brioche

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See also: Brioche and brioché

English

A brioche

Etymology

Borrowed from French brioche.

Pronunciation

Noun

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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Translations

References

  1. ^ “brioche”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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French

une brioche française ― a French brioche (1)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

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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Descendants

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

brioche f (invariable)

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

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Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French brioche.[1][2]

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /bɾiˈɔ.ʃi/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈbɾjɔ.ʃi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /bɾiˈɔ.ʃe/ , (faster pronunciation) /ˈbɾjɔ.ʃe/
 

  • Hyphenation: bri‧o‧che

Noun

brioche m (plural brioches)

  1. (cooking) brioche (type of bun)

References

  1. ^ “brioche”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
  2. ^ “brioche”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French brioche.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɾjot͡ʃe/
  • Rhymes: -otʃe
  • Syllabification: brio‧che

Noun

brioche m (plural brioches)

  1. brioche (type of bun)

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