| Principal Translations/Principales traductions |
| bread | n | uncountable (type of food) | pain de mie nm |
| | tous les types | pain nm |
| You can't make a sandwich without bread. |
| On ne peut pas faire de sandwich sans pain de mie. |
| New: Jean prend du pain tous les matins au petit déjeuner. |
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| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires |
| bread | n | uncountable (food in general) nourriture en général | pain nm |
| They are so poor that they can't afford neither clothes nor bread. |
| Ils sont si pauvres qu'ils ne peuvent se payer ni vêtements ni pain. |
| bread | n | uncountable (livelihood) moyen d'existence | gagne-pain nm |
| | | pain nm |
| Businessmen are a taxi driver's bread and butter. |
| Les hommes d'affaire sont le gagne-pain des chauffeurs de taxi. |
| New: Paul est docker ; il gagne son pain à la sueur de son front. |
| bread | n | UK, slang (money) argot : argent | fric, pognon, blé, flouze, pèze nm |
| | argot : argent | oseille, thune, tune nf |
| A good musician can make a lot of bread. |
| Un bon musicien peut se faire un pacson de fric (or: pognon, or: blé, or: flouze, or : pèze). |
| Un bon musicien peut se faire un pacson d'oseille (or: de thune, or: de tune). |
| bread | vtr | (cover with breadcrumbs) culinaire | paner⇒ vtr |
| Sally breaded the salmon with herbs and spices. |
| Sally a pané le saumon en ajoutant des herbes et des épices. |
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| Compound Forms/Formes composées |
| artisan bread | n | (bread crafted in small bakery) | pain artisanal nm |
| Store bread is just white fluff, but artisan bread is chewy, with a thick crust -- yum! |
| black bread | | | pain noir n |
| black bread | | | pain noir nm |
| bread and butter | n | literal (bread with butter spread on it) | tartine de beurre nf |
| A glass of milk with bread and butter for breakfast is the best. |
| | | tartine beurrée nf |
| Il a pris deux tartines beurrées au goûter. |
| | | tartine de pain beurrée nf |
| | | pain beurré nm |
| Le matin, je prends une tasse de thé et du pain beurré. |
| bread and butter | n | informal, figurative (livelihood, means of earning a living) | gagne-pain nm |
| Cooking is his bread and butter; he's a chef. |
| bread and butter | adj | informal, figurative (staple, basic) | de base loc adj |
| On a besoin de quelques produits de base pour survivre. |
| bread and water | | | du pain et de l'eau |
| bread and wine | | | du pain et du vin |
| bread baker | | profession | boulanger nm |
| bread bin | | | huche à pain |
| bread board | n | (surface on which bread is sliced) | planche à pain nf |
| Please cut on the bread board; if you just cut right on the countertop you'll damage the plastic. |
| Son couteau a glissé de la planche à pain et s'est enfoncé dans la table. |
| bread box | n | US (bread bin, storage container for bread) | boîte à pain nf |
| Bread boxes are not really used anymore. I haven't seen one in years. |
| | grand coffre vertical | huche à pain nf |
| bread crumbs, breadcrumbs | npl | (tiny pieces of bread) | miettes de pain nfpl |
| We stuffed the turkey with breadcrumbs. |
| Secoue la nappe dans le jardin, les oiseaux se régaleront des miettes de pain. |
| | culin | chapelure nf |
| Pour faire du poisson pané, il faut passer vos tranches de poisson dans le jaune d'œuf battu puis dans la chapelure avant de les frire. |
| bread earner | n | figurative (main earner of a family's income) | soutien de famille nm |
| In many modern families, there is more than one bread earner. |
| Il est impensable que je démissionne, je suis soutien de famille. |
| | | gagne-pain nm inv |
| Depuis qu'elle est veuve, Marguerite est le gagne-pain de la famille. |
| bread flour | n | (flour with high gluten content) | farine à pain nf |
| You shouldn't use bread flour to bake a cake. |
| bread knife | n | (large knife for slicing bread) | couteau à pain nm |
| I bake crusty artisan bread, so my husband gave me a really sharp bread knife. |
| bread machine | n | (appliance that bakes bread) | machine à pain nf |
| bread maker | n | (appliance that bakes bread) | machine à pain nf |
| I don't waste time kneading and rising and baking my bread; I just use my bread maker! |
| Avec ma machine à pain, je fais moi-même mon pain et mes brioches. |
| bread pan | | | moule à pain |
| bread pudding | n | (dessert made with bread and fruit) | pudding au pain nm |
| Bread pudding with raisins and rum sauce is delicious. |
| bread roll | | | petit pain nm |
| bread stick | n | (baton of crusty bread) | gressin, grissin nm |
| Le grissin est une spécialité de Turin. |
| bread wheat | | | blé boulanger |
| bread wheat | | | blé tendre |
| bread wheat | | | froment tendre |
| bread-and-butter | | | gagne-pain nm inv |
| bread-and-butter | | | moyens de subsistance |
| bread-and-butter | | | pain quotidien |
| bread-baking | | | fabrique de pain |
| bread-basket | | | corbeille à pain nf |
| bread-making | | | panification nf |
| break bread | v | figurative (eat a meal) | casser la croûte v |
| Good friends enjoy breaking bread together. |
| break bread | v | figurative (share a meal with sb) | partager un repas loc v |
| At the Last Supper, Jesus broke bread with his friends for the last time before he died. |
| brown bread | | | pain bis |
| corn bread | n | (bread made with cornmeal) | pain de maïs nm |
| I bake my corn bread with jalapenos mixed in it. |
| daily bread | | | pain quotidien |
| dunk one's bread or sugar | | Culinaire | faire tremper phrase |
| egg bread | | | gressin nm |
| French bread | n | (baguette) | baguette nm |
| Good french bread has a crispy crust and a soft interior. |
| La baguette reste un symbole de la France. |
| | Belgique | pain français nm |
| Commande deux pains français à la boulangerie. |
| garlic bread | n | (baguette toasted with garlic and butter) | pain à l'ail nm |
| Italian food restaurants serve garlic bread with any entree! |
| | régional | aillade nf |
| herb bread | n | (bread containing herbs) | pain aux herbes nm |
| The herb bread was delicious but it had a weird greenish color. |
| holy bread | n | (Christianity: host, Eucharist) | hostie nf |
| large round bread | | food | miche nf |
| loaf of bread | n | (shaped mass of baked bread) | miche de pain nf |
| I sliced the loaf of bread so I could make toast for breakfast. |
| I bought a loaf of bread at the grocery store. |
| J'ai tranché la miche de pain, et l'odeur suave du levain a envahi la cuisine. |
| | | pain nm |
| J'ai coupé le pain pour me faire des tartines. |
| monkey bread | | | Baobab nm |
| monkey bread | | | Pain de singe |
| nut bread | | | pain aux noix |
| quick bread | | | préparation rapide pour pain |
| quick bread | | | pain rapide |
| raisin bread | n | (dough baked with dried grapes) | pain aux raisins (secs) nm |
| He prefers raisin bread for breakfast. |
| Il préfère le pain aux raisins au petit déjeuner. |
| | Belgique | pain cramique nm |
| * Il n'y a qu'elle pour faire des pains cramiques aussi bons ! |
| | Belgique | cramique nm |
| rye bread | n | (baked product made with rye flour) | pain de seigle nm |
| Rye bread is generally heavier than wheat bread. |
| Aujourd'hui le pain de seigle est considéré comme un pain dit spécial. |
| rye-bread | | | pain de seigle |
| slice of bread | n | (flat piece cut from loaf of bread) | tranche de pain nf |
| small bread | | Swiss | miche nf |
| soda bread | | | pain au lait |
| soft interior of bread | | food | mie nf |
| sourdough bread | | | pain au levain |
| sweet bread | | d'animaux | abattis nm inv |
| unleavened bread | | | pain azyme |
| wheat bread | | | pain complet nm |
| white bread | n | (bread baked with bleached flour) | pain blanc nm |
| White bread has almost no fiber; whole-wheat bread is much more nutritious. |
| I think white bread tastes like air with even less flavor! |
| Le pain blanc ne contient presque pas de fibres, contrairement au pain complet. |
| whole wheat bread | | | pain complet |
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