french toast

UK/ˌfɹɛnt͡ʃ ˈtəʊst/US/ˌfɹɛnt͡ʃ ˈtoʊst/

noun

Food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying.

“I'd like syrup on my French toast.”

Similar
eggy breadfreedom toast
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Meanings

french toast1

nounfrench toast (countable and uncountable, plural french toasts)

plural french toasts

  1. alternativecountableuncountableAlternative spelling of French toast.

French toast2

nounFrench toast (countable and uncountable, plural French toasts)

plural French toasts · alternative french toast

  1. countableuncountablecookingFood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying.

    I'd like syrup on my French toast.

    Synonyms: eggy bread, freedom toast

Synonyms & antonyms

nounFood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying.

Similar
eggy breadfreedom toast
Also see
freedom toast

Origin

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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Translations

Bulgarian пържена филия
  • пържена филия (păržena filija)food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
Catalan rostes de Santa Teresa, torrades de Santa Teresa
  • rostes de Santa Teresafood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
  • torrades de Santa Teresafood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
Chinese Cantonese 西多士, 西多
  • 西多士food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
  • 西多 (sai¹ do¹)food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
Chinese Mandarin 法國吐司 /法国吐司, 法蘭西吐司 /法兰西吐司
  • 法國吐司 /法国吐司 (Fàguó tǔsī)food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
  • 法蘭西吐司 /法兰西吐司 (Fǎlánxī tǔsī)food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
Danish arme riddere
  • arme ridderefood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
Dutch wentelteefje
  • wentelteefjefood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
Esperanto pankuko
  • pankukofood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
Finnish köyhät ritarit
  • köyhät ritaritfood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
French pain perdu, pain doré
  • pain perdufood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
  • pain doréfood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
German Arme Ritter, Fotzelschnitte
  • Arme Ritterfood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
  • Fotzelschnittefood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
  • Pafesefood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
  • Pofese fPavesefood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
Greek αυγόψωμο, αυγόφετα
  • αυγόψωμο (avgópsomo)food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
  • αυγόφετα (avgófeta)food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
Hebrew פרנץ׳ טוסט, לחם מטוגן
  • פרנץ׳ טוסטfood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
  • לחם מטוגןfood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
Hungarian bundás kenyér
  • bundás kenyérfood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
Irish tósta francach
  • tósta francachfood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
Italian panperso
  • panpersofood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
Japanese フレンチトースト
  • フレンチトースト (Furenchi tōsuto)food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
Korean 프렌치 토스트
  • 프렌치 토스트 (Peurenchi toseuteu)food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
Malay roti bakar
  • roti bakarfood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
Norwegian Bokmål arme riddere
  • arme ridderefood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
Polish tost francuski
  • tost francuskifood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
Portuguese rabanada, fatia dourada
  • rabanadafood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
  • fatia douradafood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
Romanian toast franțuzesc
  • toast franțuzescfood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
Russian грéнка, францу́зский тост
  • грéнка (grénka)food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
  • францу́зский тост (francúzskij tost)food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
Spanish torrijas, torrejas
  • torrijasfood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
  • torrejasfood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
Swedish fattiga riddare
  • fattiga riddarefood prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
Yiddish געפֿרישט ברויט, געפֿרישטע חלה
  • געפֿרישט ברויט (gefrisht broyt)food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
  • געפֿרישטע חלה (gefrishte khale)food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
  • געפֿרישטער קוילעטש (gefrishter koyletsh)food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying
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Chicago

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