baguette

noun bah-GEHT Rare

Also means

wand

Usage Note

Baguette is iconic in French culture: the long thin bread loaf eaten daily across France. Beyond the bread, baguette means a thin rod or wand — baguette magique (magic wand), baguettes chinoises (chopsticks). La baguette de pain is the full form, though simply une baguette is universally understood as the bread.

Examples

"J'achète une baguette tous les matins."

Natural Translation

I buy a baguette every morning.

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