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Thursday, March 7, 2013

une ficelle (de pain)

a stick (of bread)

Une ficelle est comme une baguette, mais plus maigre.
A ficelle is like a baguette (traditional French loaf), but thinner.

VOICI UNE FICELLE
See what a ficelle looks like on Wikipedia. Literally,
ficelle means string.

TODAY
Our word is one of the many breads of France — les pains de France. Bread plays such an important role in French cuisine and indeed the life of the French that it’s essential to learn to ask for the loaf you want.

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Vocabulary Section: Food and Drink, Word of the Day