Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)Food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying.

    I'd like syrup on my French toast.

    Arme Ritter, Fotzelschnitte, Pafese

    грéнкаgrénka, францу́зский тостfrancúzskij tost

More definitions
  • bread slice dipped in egg and milk and fried; topped with sugar or fruit or syrup

Translations

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food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying:
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food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying:

Origin

First recorded use in 1660, in a recipe without eggs, in the current sense from 1870s. The

First recorded use in 1660, in a recipe without eggs, in the current sense from 1870s. The common French name for the dish is pain perdu (literally “lost bread”).

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Forms

plural: French toasts

Synonyms

2 synonyms

Word family

1 related words

See also

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