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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

 

Expressions with pain     Food vocabulary

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