French bread

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

French +‎ bread. From being the stereotypical type of bread associated with France.

Noun[edit]

French bread (usually uncountable, plural French breads)

  1. (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.
  2. 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[edit]

a long thin loaf of bread — see baguette
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