| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| brioche |
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| SYLLABICATION: | bri·oche |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  br -ôsh , - sh |
| NOUN: | A soft, light-textured bread made from eggs, butter, flour, and yeast and formed into a roll or a bun. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Old French, from broyer, brier, to knead, of Germanic origin. See bhreg- in Appendix I.
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