boulangerie
Americannoun
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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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That morning, Aggrey bought fresh fruit from the open-air market and baguettes from the local boulangerie, then helped cook the meal with a group of de Montalembert’s friends and family.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
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 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
Moroccan and Senegalese cafes line the streets of Paris alongside traditional boulangeries and patisseries.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 20, 2023
The baguette is eaten fresh, so most boulangeries make more than one batch a day.
From New York Times ● Nov. 30, 2022
Fresh out of the oven from one of the city’s many boulangeries.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2017
After the first day, he wonders if they are visiting only for the food, entranced by the luscious crackle of fresh-baked bread in boulangeries and the sheer variety of cheeses.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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