boulangerie
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boulangeries
plural
Usage
What does boulangerie mean? A boulangerie is a bakery that mostly or only makes breads, especially French-style breads. In France, where the word originated, a boulangerie can only hold that title if its bakers bake the bread on the premises, as opposed to selling bread baked elsewhere. Outside of France, bakeries are sometimes called boulangeries to suggest a French atmosphere or to indicate that they make French-style bread, such as baguettes. Example: Visiting the local boulangerie to buy some freshly baked bread was a Sunday ritual for the family.
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Yuriy later abandoned his law career to work in an Odesa boulangerie called "Make My Cake".
From Barron's ● Feb. 23, 2026
The Olympic Village also will feature a boulangerie producing French baguettes — recently given U.N. world heritage status — and other breads.
From Seattle Times ● May 9, 2023
At a popular boulangerie in the leafy village of Crécy-la-Chapelle, 40 minutes north of Mr. Bourgeois’s mills, the owners, Serge and Marie Pinguet, were trying to postpone that fateful day.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2022
At a boulangerie down the road, Sophie was serving a long queue of lunch customers.
From BBC ● Apr. 7, 2022
He walks now to the corner, decides to get another croissant at the boulangerie where he and Moushumi go every morning to buy breakfast.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
These folks are way beyond asking if the boulangeries are out of brioche as well as baguettes.
From MarketWatch ● Jan. 2, 2026
Landemaine, a baker, now owns five busy boulangeries in Paris, with more on the way in other French cities, all serving entirely dairy-free products to a mostly local clientele.
From BBC ● May 5, 2024
There aren’t as many boulangeries as you might think in Cannes, but there are a lot of great kebab spots, and my favorite gives out whole bags of pita with every order.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 22, 2023
In Nouméa, boulangeries selling croissants made with imported French butter stand next to groceries offering wilted greens at exorbitant prices.
From New York Times ● Mar. 12, 2022
We’ll go to boulangeries and museums, sip coffee from tiny cups, and spend hours in the gardens.
From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi
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