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French bread vocabulary: loaves, rolls and slices in pictures
Beyond the baguette: twelve French breads with pictures, from la ficelle and la tradition to le pain de mie and la fougasse. Order exactly the bread you want.
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In short
Besides la baguette, French bakeries sell la tradition (a crustier baguette made to a traditional recipe), la ficelle (a thin one), le pain de campagne (country loaf), le pain complet (wholemeal), le pain de mie (sliced sandwich bread) and le petit pain (roll).
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Set 1
- la baguettebaguetteUne baguette, s'il vous plaît.
- la traditiontraditional baguetteUne tradition bien cuite.
- la ficellethin baguetteUne ficelle pour l'apéro.
- le pain de campagnecountry loafUn demi pain de campagne.
Set 2
- le pain completwholemeal breadLe pain complet est plus nourrissant.
- le pain aux céréalesmultigrain breadDu pain aux céréales, tranché.
- le pain de miesliced sandwich breadDu pain de mie pour les croque-monsieur.
- le petit painrollSix petits pains pour le pique-nique.
Set 3
- la fougassefougasseUne fougasse aux olives.
- la briochebriocheUne brioche pour le goûter.
- la tranchesliceCoupez-le en tranches, s'il vous plaît.
- le quignonend of a loafIl mange le quignon en rentrant.
How do you ask for bread at a French bakery?
| French | English |
|---|---|
| bien cuite / pas trop cuite | well baked / not too baked |
| un demi pain de campagne | half a country loaf |
| Vous pouvez la trancher ? | Can you slice it? |
| Il vous reste des traditions ? | Do you have any traditions left? |
La tradition (or baguette de tradition française) is made without additives, by a protected recipe, and costs a little more. Many French people ask for it by name. Bakeries will slice a country loaf for you with a machine: Vous la voulez tranchée ?