pain de mie

noun

A type of soft bread made with sugar, with a soft crust and interior.

Meanings

nounpain de mie (uncountable)
  1. uncountableA type of soft bread made with sugar, with a soft crust and interior.

Origin

  1. Frenchpain de mie
  2. Englishpain de mie

Borrowed from French pain de mie.

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pain de mie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pain%20de%20mie

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pain de mie,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pain%20de%20mie.

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