french bread

French bread

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [french bred]
- /frɛntʃ brɛd/
- /frentʃ bred/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [french bred]
- /frɛntʃ brɛd/

Definitions of french bread words

noun french bread a yeast-raised bread made of dough containing water and distinguished by its thick, well-browned crust, usually made in long, slender, tapered loaves. Compare baguette (def 3). 1
noun french bread baguette 1
uncountable noun french bread French bread is white bread which is baked in long, thin loaves. 0
noun french bread white bread in a long slender loaf that is made from a water dough and has a crisp brown crust 0
noun french bread a bread made with white flour in a long, slender loaf with a hard, crisp crust 0

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Origin of french bread

First appearance:

before 1680

One of the 48% oldest English words

First recorded in 1680-90

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Parts of speech for French bread

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of French bread

french bread popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 36% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 64% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

french bread usage trend in Literature

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