USEFUL FRENCH BREAD VOCAB
le pain – bread
le pain…..
….. azyme – unleavened bread
…..de campagne – farmhouse bread
…..complet – wholemeal bread
…..d’épices – gingerbread
…..grillé – toast
…..au lait – sweet bread bun
…..perdu – eggy bread
…..de seigle – rye bread
…..de son – bran bread
…..multi céréales – multi-grain bread
…..biologique (pain bio) – organic bread
…..au levain – traditionally made yeast bread, often quite chewy
…..de mie – sliced, packed sandwich bread
…..au pavot – with poppy seeds
…..de seigle noir – dark rye bread (pumpernickel)
une baguette – french stick
une demi-baguette – french stick (many boulangeries will cut a baguette in half if you ask)
un petit pain – roll
une flûte – similar to baguette, slightly fatter
une ficelle (lit. string) – very thin baguette
un bâtard – thick, long french stick
la croûte – crust
croustillant – crusty
une tranche (de pain) – slice (of bread)
la fougasse
enfourner – to put the bread in the oven
tranché – sliced
la levure – yeast
SOME FRENCH BREAD EXPRESSIONS
- avoir du pain sur la planche – to have a lot on your plate
- c’est du pain bénit – It’s a godsend
- ça ne mange pas de pain – you’ve got nothing to lose
- partir comme des petits pains – to sell like hot cakes
- long comme un jour sans pain – very long (and often boring) time
