French toast

American  

noun

• French toasts
  plural

1. bread dipped in a batter of egg and milk and sautéed until brown, usually served with syrup or sprinkled with sugar and cinnamon.

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French toast British  

noun

1. toast cooked on one side only

2. bread dipped in beaten egg and lightly fried

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• French toasts
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of French toast

First recorded in 1650–60

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Example Sentences

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French toast

Falafel and hummus, with varying recipes and consistencies, flow freely across countries of several faiths and backgrounds, while pizza bagels are a frozen food staple and challah French toast is seemingly everywhere.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026

There are bottomless mimosas and $28 omelets, towers of French toast and Bloody Marys accessorized like seafood platters.

From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026

Over French toast and black coffee, Hobert mused about the career she never saw coming.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025

Most recipes for French toast will tell you to dip your bread in custard before cooking, but France has a tip to ensure that your toast isn’t served heavy and soggy.

From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2025

Normally she would have noticed that Chess had barely eaten two bites and that Finn had licked all the syrup off his second piece of French toast but not actually bitten into it.

From "The Strangers" by Margaret Peterson Haddix

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