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French toast
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french toast
English
thumb|French toast with toppings.
Alternative forms
en french toast
Etymology
First recorded use in 1660, in a recipe without eggs,1660 Robert_May_(cook) Robert May The Accomplisht Cook http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/22790 http://www.gutenberg.org/files/22790/22790-h/cook1.html#rec176b 176 in the current sense from 1870s.Is French Toast Really French? Brendan Koerner 2003 Slate http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2003/09/is_french_toast_really_french.html https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104845/http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/2003/09/is_french_toast_really_french.html 4 March 2016 The common French name for the dish is fr pain perdu lost bread.
Pronunciation
en /ˌfɹɛnt͡ʃ ˈtəʊst/ RP
en /ˌfɹɛnt͡ʃ ˈtoʊst/ GenAm
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-French toast.wav US
Noun
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en culinary Food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying.
en I'd like syrup on my French toast.
Synonyms
en eggy bread UK
en freedom toast rare US politics sometimes humorous
Derived terms
en freedom toast
en French-toasty
Translations
food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
Bulgarian: bg пържена филия f
Catalan: ca rostes de Santa Teresa m-p, ca torrades de Santa Teresa f-p
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 西多士 sai1 do1 si6-2, yue 西多 sai1 do1
Mandarin: cmn 法國吐司 Fàguó tǔsī, cmn 法蘭西吐司 Fǎlánxī tǔsī
Danish: da arme riddere c-p
Dutch: nl wentelteefje n
Esperanto: eo pankuko
Finnish: fi köyhät ritarit p
French: fr pain perdu m France, fr pain doré m Canada
Galician: gl torrada f, gl torrexa f, gl tosta f
German: de Arme Ritter m-p, de Fotzelschnitte f, de Pafese f, de Pofese fde Pavese f,
Greek: el αυγόψωμο n, el αυγόφετα f
Hebrew: he פרנץ׳ טוסט, he לחם מטוגן
Hungarian: hu bundás kenyér
Irish: ga tósta francach m
Italian: it panperso m
Japanese: ja フレンチトースト Furenchi tōsuto
Korean: ko ^프렌치 토스트
Macedonian: mk прженица f
Malay: ms roti bakar
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb arme riddere m-p
Pannonian Rusyn: rsk пражинка f
Polish: pl tost francuski m-in
Portuguese: pt rabanada f, pt fatia dourada
Romanian: ro toast franțuzesc n
Russian: ru грéнка f, ru францу́зский тост m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh прженица
Latin: sh prženica
Spanish: es torrijas f-p, es torrejas f-p
Swedish: sv fattiga riddare c-p
Yiddish: yi געפֿרישט ברויט, yi געפֿרישטע חלה gefrishte khale, yi געפֿרישטער קוילעטש
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