Polyglot Dictionary

madeleine

/ma.dlɛn/

la noun A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les madeleines

Meaning

  1. madeleine

    • La madeleine évoque des souvenirs d'enfance chez Proust.

      The madeleine evokes childhood memories in Proust's work.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Madeleine

Madeleine is the German word for the same thing — both mean "madeleine."

Portuguese

madalena

madalena is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "madeleine."

Practice

1 What does madeleine mean?

2 Fill the gap: La ___ évoque des souvenirs d'enfance chez Proust.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches madeleine?

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