brioche

See also: Brioche and brioché

English

A brioche

Etymology

Borrowed from French brioche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbriːɒʃ/, /briːˈɒʃ/
• Rhymes: -əʊʃ

Noun

brioche (plural brioches)

1. 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.

2. A knitted cushion for the feet.

Translations

type of bun

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: brioix m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 布莉歐／布莉欧 (bùlì'ōu)

• Czech: brioška (cs) f
• Dutch: brioche (nl)
• Finnish: briossi
• French: brioche (fr) f
• German: Brioche (de) f, Apostelkuchen m
• Hungarian: briós (hu)
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• Ido: briocho (io)
• Italian: brioche (it) f, brioscia f
• Japanese: ブリオッシュ (Buriosshu)
• Korean: 브리오슈 (beuriosyu)
• Polish: brioche (pl) f, brioszka (pl) f
• Portuguese: brioche (pt) m
• Russian: брио́шь (ru) f (brióšʹ)
• Spanish: pan de yema m, bollo suizo m
• Swedish: brioche c
• Ukrainian: бріош f (brioš)

Further reading

• brioche on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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French

brioche

Etymology

From Old French brier (“to break”) [French broyer] +‎ -oche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bʁi.jɔʃ/

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Noun

brioche f (plural brioches)

1. (baking, cooking) brioche (type of light sweet pastry or bun of French origin)
   • 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

Derived terms

• avoir une brioche au four

Descendants

Descendants of brioche in other languages

• Catalan: brioix
• English: brioche
• German: Brioche
• Hungarian: briós
• Ido: briocho

• Italian: brioche
• Japanese: ブリオッシュ (buriosshu)
• Portuguese: brioche

Further reading

• “brioche”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /briˈɔʃ/

Noun

brioche f (uncountable)

1. A croissant, Danish pastry, or other sweet bun.

Synonyms

• (croissant): cornetto, croissant

See also

• cornetto m

Anagrams

• borchie
• boriche

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French brioche.

Noun

brioche m (plural s)

1. brioche (type of bun)