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brioche

[bʁi.jɔʃ]

noun

LanguageFrench (France)

Meaning
  1. brioche (a type of light sweet pastry or bun of French origin)
  2. gaffe, blunder
  3. paunch, belly
  4. brioche
Examples

Enfin je me rappelai le pis-aller d’une grande princesse à qui l’on disait que les paysans n’avaient pas de pain, et qui répondit : Qu’ils mangent de la brioche.

At length I remembered the last resort of a great princess who, when told that the peasants had no bread, replied: “Then let them eat brioches”.

Pronunciationbʁi.jɔʃ

Part of speechnoun

Usage noteIn casual conversation, 'brioche' is sometimes used as slang for a person's belly.

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Source: English Wiktionary via kaikki.org (Wiktextract) (CC-BY-SA-4.0), adapted.