baguette

/bæˈɡet/ (bre, ipa) · /bæˈɡet/ (ame, ipa) · /ba-ˈget/ (ame, mw)

baguette — noun

  • baguettesingular
  • baguettesplural

1. a narrow French bread loaf with a crisp outside and a soft center

1.名詞B2
釋義

a narrow French bread loaf with a crisp outside and a soft center

例句

Roya bought a warm baguette for the cheese picnic by the river.

buy a warm baguette — common bakery purchase

Mayumi tore the baguette into pieces and passed them around the table.

同義詞
  • French stick

    another common name for this loaf, especially in British usage

  • loaf

    much broader; it does not specify the long narrow French shape

  • bread roll

    smaller and usually rounder, not a long crusty loaf

用法筆記

Usually names the plain loaf itself, not the ingredients inside it. Distinguish from sense 2, which refers to a filled baguette eaten as a sandwich.

常見錯誤

❌I bought a baguette sandwich, without anything inside.
✅I bought a baguette.
💡sense 1 names the bread itself, not a filled sandwich.
❌The chef baked three baguette rolls.
✅The chef baked three baguettes.
💡baguette already names the whole loaf, so roll is unnecessary.

2. a sandwich made by splitting a piece of baguette and putting food inside it

2.名詞B2
釋義

a sandwich made by splitting a piece of baguette and putting food inside it

例句

Lakshmi grabbed a chicken baguette before getting on the afternoon train.

filling + baguette — menu style naming pattern

Yan ordered a tuna baguette and a coffee from the station cafe.

同義詞
  • sandwich

    the general category; much less specific about the bread shape

  • sub

    similar long filled sandwich, especially in American English, but usually on softer bread

  • filled roll

    broader and can be made with many kinds of smaller bread

用法筆記

Common on cafe and takeaway menus, especially when the filling is named before the word: tuna baguette, cheese baguette. Distinguish from sense 1, which names the bread before anything is added.

常見錯誤

❌I ordered a baguette and asked them to add ham.
✅I ordered a ham baguette.
💡in this sense, baguette can mean the prepared sandwich with its filling named.
❌The cafe sold plain baguettes in sense 2.
✅The cafe sold plain baguettes in sense 1.
💡sense 2 needs a filling inside the bread.