brioche
pronunciation
How to pronounce brioche in British English:
UK [briˈɒʃ]
How to pronounce brioche in American English:
US [briˈoʊʃ]
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- Noun:
- a light roll rich with eggs and butter and somewhat sweet
Word Origin
- brioche (n.)
- enriched type of French bread, 1824, from French brioche (15c.), from brier "to knead the dough," Norman form of broyer "to grind, pound," from West Germanic *brekan "to break" (see break (v.)).
Example
- 1. The little man of six had a big brioche .
- 2. Queen marie was a heartless spendthrift who told the poor to eat brioche if they had no bread .
- 3. Brings you brioche in bed .
- 4. The swans had not yet reached the brioche .
- 5. They had seen neither the bourgeois nor the brioche .