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friand

friand noun: a type of cake, similar to the French financier, but with the addition of fruits or other flavourings; commonly eaten with coffee.

friand: a type of cake, similar to the French financier, but with the addition of fruits or other...
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Noun

friand (plural friands)

  1. (Australia, New Zealand) A type of cake, similar to the French financier, but with the addition of fruits or other flavourings; commonly eaten with coffee.
    • I lug my stuff out to the ute and drive out of this lovely surburb with its old trees and young cafés, espresso and friands, poodles and BMWs.2005, Amanda Hampson, The Olive Sisters, unnumbered page
    • I decided to try a bite of Bertrand′s friand. I instantly spat it out.2007, Charles Firth, American Hoax, page 140
  2. A sausage roll, eaten in France.

Forms of friand

pluralfriands

Origin of friand

A borrowing from French.

Questions about friand

What does friand mean?
Friand means a type of cake, similar to the French financier, but with the addition of fruits or other flavourings; commonly eaten with coffee.
What part of speech is friand?
Friand is a noun.
What is the plural of friand?
The plural of friand is friands.

Words near friand in the dictionary

  1. friableness
  2. friably
  3. FRIACO
  4. friaje
  5. friajes
  6. friand
  7. friands
  8. Friant
  9. friar
  10. friar bird
  11. friar birds

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