Madeleine Definition

mădə-lĕn

noun

A type of small, rich cake baked in a shell-shaped mold.

Webster's New World

Something which brings back a memory; a source of nostalgia or evocative memories (used with reference to its function in Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time).

Wiktionary

pronoun

A female given name.

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Other Word Forms of Madeleine

Noun

Singular:

madeleine

Plural:

madeleines

Origin of Madeleine

From French madeleine, earlier gâteau à la Madeleine, of uncertain origin; attributed in some sources to a 19th-century pastry cook Madeleine Paulmier whose existence is now considered dubious. (Compare Oxford English Dictionary, Trésor de la Langue Française)

From Wiktionary
French from earler gâteau à la Madeleine cake à la Madeleine after the name Madeleine , perhaps that of the person who invented or popularized the cakes

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From French Madeleine, cognate with English Magdalene.

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