French bread

English

Etymology

From French +‎ bread, from being the stereotypical type of bread associated with France.

Noun

French bread (usually uncountable, plural French breads)

2. (informal) Synonym of baguette: a long thin loaf of bread with a thick crust and often having large bubbles of air inside, popular in and associated with France.

   Synonym: freedom bread (US, rare, humorous)

   Hypernyms: bread < foodstuff, food < stuff

   Coordinate terms: Italian bread, Cuban bread

4. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see French,‎ bread: any of many types of bread made in France or said to be made faithfully in the style thereof.
   • 2016, Sarah Black, One Dough, Ten Breads: Making Great Bread by Hand, page 62:

     Boule refers to the shape of the traditional French breads—puffed rustic rounds scored by the village baker.

Translations

a long thin loaf of bread — see baguette