Meanings
nounbrioche (countable and uncountable, plural brioches)
plural brioches
- countableuncountableA type of light sweet pastry or bun of French origin.
She sat him at the table in the saloon, then unobtrusively she made him tea and brought him slices of brioche spread with lock keeper’s honey.
2017, Kate Dunn, The Dragonfly, Twickenham: Aurora Metro Books, →ISBN, page 3041 more example
French brioche dough is especially rich in butter and eggs. It's often retarded […] for 6–18 hours to stiffen it, then rolled out and briefly rested.
2004, Harold McGee, chapter 10, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN
Origin
- Frenchbrioche
- Frenchbrioche
- Englishbrioche
Borrowed from French brioche.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan brioix
- brioixtype of bun
Chinese Mandarin 布莉歐 /布莉欧
- 布莉歐 /布莉欧 (bùlì'ōu)type of bun
Czech brioška
- brioškatype of bun
Dutch brioche
- briochetype of bun
Finnish briossi
- briossitype of bun
French brioche
- briochetype of bun
German Brioche, Apostelkuchen
- Briochetype of bun
- Apostelkuchentype of bun
Hungarian briós
- brióstype of bun
Italian brioche, brioscia
- briochetype of bun
- briosciatype of bun
Japanese ブリオッシュ
- ブリオッシュ (Buriosshu)type of bun
Korean 브리오슈
- 브리오슈 (beuriosyu)type of bun
Polish brioche, brioszka
- briochetype of bun
- brioszkatype of bun
Portuguese brioche
- briochetype of bun
Russian брио́шь
- брио́шь (brióšʹ)type of bun
Spanish pan de yema, bollo suizo
- pan de yematype of bun
- bollo suizotype of bun
- briochetype of bun
- brioshtype of bun
Swedish brioche
- briochetype of bun
Turkish briyoş
- briyoştype of bun
Ukrainian бріош
- бріош (brioš)type of bun
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with brioche
washjoshgoshmoustachecoshmoshboshawashcohoshswashfroshquashdoshnoshclocheguillochekiboshdownwashcloshgâchegaloshmusquashskoshsplosh
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
brioche. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brioche
MLA
“brioche.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brioche. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “brioche,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/brioche.
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