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# brioche

«brioche» in Mova's school dictionary: **A soft, sweet French bread made with eggs and butter…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a brioche, brioches; brioche, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

A soft, sweet French bread made with eggs and butter, often shaped like a bun with a little top knot. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brioche/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life it is breakfast bread or a burger bun; in French lessons it is a French word kept in English. In history the line "Let them eat cake" is really "qu'ils mangent de la brioche" in French. Phrases: "brioche bun", "a slice of brioche".

### examples

- I had a brioche with jam for breakfast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brioche/#x1)
- The burger came in a shiny brioche bun. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brioche/#x2)
- Brioche is softer and sweeter than normal bread. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brioche/#x3)
- We baked brioche in French class. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brioche/#x4)
- The baker brushed the brioche with egg so it would shine. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brioche/#x5)

### note

Pronounced "BREE-osh". Can be countable (a brioche, two brioches) or uncountable (some brioche). It contains eggs, milk and butter, so it is not suitable for people with egg or milk allergies.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «brioche» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/brioche/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.