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muffin

muffin

noun MUH-fin Rare

Origin: English loanword.

Usage Note

Muffin is used in French for both the American blueberry-style muffin and English muffins (the flat, round bread rolls). Context usually clarifies which is meant; in cafés and bakeries the cup-cake-shaped variety dominates. The plural is des muffins.

Examples

"Elle a préparé des muffins aux myrtilles pour le goûter."

Natural Translation

She made blueberry muffins for the afternoon snack.

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