French toast
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See also: french toast
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]First recorded use in 1660, in a recipe without eggs,[1] in the current sense from 1870s.[2] The common French name for the dish is pain perdu (literally “lost bread”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌfɹɛnt͡ʃ ˈtəʊst/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌfɹɛnt͡ʃ ˈtoʊst/
Noun
[edit]French toast (countable and uncountable, plural French toasts)
- (cooking) Food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying.
- I'd like syrup on my French toast.
Synonyms
[edit]- eggy bread (UK)
- freedom toast (rare, US politics, sometimes humorous)
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
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References
[edit]- ^ Robert May (1660) The Accomplisht Cook[1], page 176
- ^ Brendan Koerner (2003) “Is French Toast Really French?”, in Slate[2], archived from the original on 4 March 2016
Further reading
[edit]French toast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia