brioche

American  

[bree-ohsh, -osh, bree-awsh] / ˈbri oʊʃ, -ɒʃ, briˈɔʃ /

noun

brioches plural

1. a light, sweet bun or roll made with eggs, yeast, and butter.

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brioche British  

/ ˈbriːəʊʃ, -ɒʃ, briɔʃ /

noun

1. a soft roll or loaf made from a very light yeast dough, sometimes mixed with currants

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• brioches
  plural

Etymology

Origin of brioche

1820–30; < French, Middle French (Norman dial.), equivalent to bri ( er ) to knead (< Germanic; see break) + -oche noun suffix

Explanation

Brioche is a soft, slightly sweet French bread made with butter and eggs. A toasted slice of brioche slathered with jam would make a delicious afternoon snack. Brioche, like challah or fluffy dinner rolls, is enriched — that means it's a yeast bread with extra ingredients that give it a richer flavor and a tender texture. You can eat brioche for breakfast, use it for sandwiches, or turn it into French toast or bread pudding after it's gone a bit stale. The first use of brioche in French dates from the 15th century, and the word derives from brier, "to knead the dough."

Example Sentences

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brioche brioches

Dinner was supposed to be crab brioche at a seafood restaurant mentioned on the BBC show “Remarkable Places to Eat.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

In the kitchen, Kai rolls out dough for buckwheat brioche bread paired with herb butter.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 2, 2026

These folks are way beyond asking if the boulangeries are out of brioche as well as baguettes.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 2, 2026

Then a “hot dog,” local chistorra, red with spice and crisped, tucked in a brioche bun and loaded Chicago-style, plated in a cardboard bull.

From Salon ● Nov. 8, 2025

In the morning I walked down the Boulevard to the rue Soufflot for coffee and brioche.

From "The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway

Consumers who have bought the affected product are advised not to eat the brioches and to contact the brand's customer care team via their wesite or by emailing [email protected].

From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026

Later, the counter began to crowd with flaky croissants, sticky pastry, brioches with amber sheen.

From Salon ● Feb. 5, 2026

In mid-July, Dominique Ansel, the inventive pastry chef best known for the Cronut, will be opening a kitchen and store specializing in viennoiserie, a category of pastries that includes croissants, brioches and kouign-amann.

From New York Times ● Jun. 22, 2021

It is an absolute no from HTE to all baps, buns, brioches, barmcakes, cobs, teacakes, morning rolls, oven-bottoms, soda farls and other regional bread roll variations.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 7, 2020

He stops short in the doorway, and drops the brioches.

From King Arthur's Socks and Other Village Plays by Dell, Floyd