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brioche

/ˈbriːɒʃ/US/bɹiːˈaʃ/

brioche noun: a type of light sweet pastry or bun of French origin.

brioche: a type of light sweet pastry or bun of French origin
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Noun

brioche (countable and uncountable, plural brioches)

  1. A type of light sweet pastry or bun of French origin.
    • 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.2004, Harold McGee, chapter 10, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN
    • She sat him at the table in the saloon, then unobtrusively she made him tea and brought him slices of brioche spread with lock keeper’s honey.2017, Kate Dunn, The Dragonfly, Twickenham: Aurora Metro Books, →ISBN, page 304
  2. (countable) A knitted cushion for the feet.

brioche meaning in Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

brioche in Tamil

அப்பவகை

brioche in Marathi

type of bun
ब्रिओश brioś

brioche in Urdu

شیر مال

Examples of brioche in a sentence

  • Start with the Monkey Bread: warm brioche twists with a bourbon walnut caramel glaze.
  • A breakfast highlight is the “bruffin”, a delicious but caloric muffin crossed with a brioche.
  • To make a single portion of bostock, cut a slice of brioche ½ to ¾ inch thick.

All 12 example sentences with brioche

Forms of brioche

pluralbrioches

Plural of brioche: brioches

Origin of brioche

Borrowed from French brioche.

Words formed from brioche

Words that rhyme with brioche

12 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about brioche

What does brioche mean?
Brioche means a type of light sweet pastry or bun of French origin.
What is brioche in Tamil?
Brioche in Tamil is அப்பவகை. See Brioche meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is brioche?
Brioche is a noun.
How do you pronounce brioche?
Brioche is pronounced /bɹiːˈaʃ/ (US).
What is the plural of brioche?
The plural of brioche is brioches.

Words near brioche in the dictionary

  1. Brinton
  2. Brintons
  3. briny
  4. brinzolamide
  5. brio
  6. brioche
  7. brioches
  8. Briody
  9. Briodys
  10. briolet
  11. briolets

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: brioche (page history and authors); Brioche (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); brioche (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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