a type of small, rich cake baked in a shell-shaped mold
Origin of madeleine
Fr, uncertain or unknown; perhaps after Madeleine Paulmier, 19th-c. French cookmadeleine
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madeleine
noun
A small rich cake, baked in a shell-shaped mold.
Origin of madeleine
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 cakesTHE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural madeleines)
Origin
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)
Proper noun
- A female given name.
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Sentence Examples
- He took a leading part in the negotiations connected with the king's marriages, first with Madeleine of France, and afterwards with Mary of Guise.
- He married Pauline Cassin, the authoress of the Peelle de Madeleine and other well-known novels.
- Madeleine belongs to the 18th and 19th centuries.
- De' Medici and a French princess, Madeleine de la Tour d'Auvergne.
- Albi occupies a commanding position on the left bank of the Tarn; it is united to its suburb of La Madeleine on the right bank by a medieval and a modern bridge.
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