pain aux raisins

UK/ˌpan əʊ ɹeɪˈzan/

noun

A spiral pastry containing raisins, originating in France and often eaten for breakfast.

OriginFrench pain aux raisins →
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Meanings

nounpain aux raisins (plural pains aux raisins)

plural pains aux raisins

  1. A spiral pastry containing raisins, originating in France and often eaten for breakfast.

    What he ate for breakfast with us changed over the years, but it was Earl Grey tea in the beginning with milk and a huge pain aux raisins – the size of a saucer – which he devoured easily.

    2011 December 11, Sally Clarke, “Lucian Freud remembered by Sally Clarke”, in The Guardian

Origin

  1. Frenchpain aux raisins
  2. Englishpain aux raisins

From French pain aux raisins (literally “raisin bread”).

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