🇫🇷French Source WordCode: FR

boulangerie

Pronunciation / Transliteration: boo-lahn-zher-ee

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Bake-Shop/ˈbeɪkʃɒp/
nounCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #1500 frequency
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🇫🇷 Example Sentence in French:

"J'ai acheté du pain à la boulangerie."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A shop where baked goods such as bread, pastries, and cakes are made and sold.

    "I stopped by the bake-shop to pick up some fresh croissants for breakfast."
  2. 2

    A bakery that specializes in a particular type of baked goods.

    "The local bake-shop is famous for its artisanal sourdough bread."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'bake-shop' is a compound word formed from 'bake', which originates from the Old English 'bacan', meaning to cook or prepare food by dry heat, and 'shop', derived from the Old English 'sceoppa', meaning a place for trade or work. The combination reflects the historical evolution of specialized food preparation spaces in English-speaking cultures.

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