Types of French Bread
French terms containing the word "pain"
Types of bread | Expressions with
pain
There are a lot of different kinds of French bread - here are some of the most
common.
le pain, du pain
bread
un pain
loaf
gros pain
bread sold by weight
pain azyme
unleavened bread
pain béni(t)
consecrated bread
pain de boulanger
baker's bread
pain doré
French toast
pain dur
dry bread
pain frais
fresh bread
pain à chanter
unleavened bread
pain au lait
~sweet roll / bun
pain au levain
traditionally leavened bread
pain de ménage
homemade bread
pain rassis
stale bread
pain bis
brown bread
pain brié
hard-crusted, very dense bread from Normandy
pain de campagne
farmhouse bread
pain au chocolat
chocolate croissant
pain complet
wholewheat / wholemeal bread
pain d'épices
~gingerbread
pain (de) fantaisie
bread sold by piece rather than by weight
pain français
(Belgium)
any long loaf of bread
pain de Gênes
~sponge cake with almonds
pain grillé
toast
pain de gruau
Vienna bread
pain long
any long, cylindrical bread like a baguette
pain de mie
sandwich bread (with a thin crust)
pain mollet
type of bread roll made with milk
pain moulé
bread cooked in a pan rather than directly on the
oven rack
pain parisien
long loaf of bread weighing 400 grams
pain perdu
French toast
pain polka
bread marked with squares
pain quotidien
everyday bread
pain aux raisins
~raisin Danish
pain de seigle
rye bread
pain de son
bran bread
pain de sucre
sugar loaf
un petit pain
bread roll
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