french toast

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French toast^¹

/ˌfɹɛnt͡ʃ ˈtəʊst/ UK
/ˌfɹɛnt͡ʃ ˈtoʊst/ US

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First recorded use in 1660, in a recipe without eggs, in the current sense from 1870s. The common French name for the dish is pain perdu (literally “lost bread”).

noun French toasts · french toast

countable, uncountable Food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying. I'd like syrup on my French toast.
Similar: eggy bread, freedom toast

french toast^²

noun french toasts

alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative spelling of French toast

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noun food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying

Español	torrijas, torrejas
한국어	프렌치 토스트 Peurenchi toseuteu
日本語	フレンチトースト Furenchi tōsuto
中文	法國吐司 /法国吐司 Fàguó tǔsī, 法蘭西吐司 /法兰西吐司 Fǎlánxī tǔsī
Português	rabanada, fatia dourada
Français	pain perdu, pain doré
Deutsch	Arme Ritter, Fotzelschnitte, Pafese, Pofese fPavese
Italiano	panperso
Ελληνικά	αυγόψωμο avgópsomo, αυγόφετα avgófeta
Română	toast franțuzesc
Русский	грéнка grénka, францу́зский тост francúzskij tost
עברית	פרנץ׳ טוסט, לחם מטוגן

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@misc{french_toast_2026,
  title = {french toast},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/french%20toast},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}