Meanings
nounpain d'épices (usually uncountable, plural pains d'épices)
plural pains d'épices · alternative pain d'épice
- uncountableusuallyA form of French gingerbread.
Origin
- Frenchpain d'épices
- Englishpain d'épices
Borrowed from French pain d'épices (literally “spices bread”).
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pain d'épices. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pain%20d'%C3%A9pices
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“pain d'épices.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pain%20d'%C3%A9pices. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pain d'épices,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pain%20d'%C3%A9pices.
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