Definitions For Madeleine

Noun

MADELEINE (plural MADELEINEs) A french type of small gateau or sponge cake, often shaped like an elongated scallop shell. }} }} (figuratively) Something which bring back, brings back a memory; a source of nostalgia or evocative memories. }} }}

Translations

Aragonese: madalena, f Armenian: մադլեն Asturian: madalena, f Basque: madalena Catalan: magdalena, f Chinese: : Mandarin: 瑪德蓮蛋糕}}, {{t, cmn, 玛德莲蛋糕 (Mǎdélián dàngāo) Czech: madlenka, f Estonian: madeleine Finnish: madeleine, madeleine-leivos French: madeleine, f Galician: magdalena, f German: Madeleine, f, n Greek: μανταλένα, f Hebrew: עוּגִיַּת מָדְלֶן, f (ugiyát madlén), מָדְלֶן, f (madlén) Hungarian: madeleine Ido: madeleno Italian: madeleine, f, maddalena, f Japanese: マドレーヌ (madorēnu) Korean: 마들렌 Malagasy: madelenina Norwegian: madeleinekake, f, m Persian: کیک مادلن (keyk mâdlen), مادلن (mâdlen) Polish: magdalenka, f Portuguese: madalena, f, madeleine, f Russian: мадле́н, m Spanish: magdalena, f Swedish: madeleinekaka, c Turkish: madlen Vietnamese: bánh mađơlen, mađơlen

Etymology

Borrowed from {{bor, en, fr, madeleine}}, from earlier gâteau à la Madeleine, after the given name Madeleine, , Magdalene, of uncertain reference: attributed in some sources to a 19th-century pastry cook {{w, Madeleine Paulmier, lang=fr}}, whose existence is now considered dubious. In sense 2, used with reference to the cake's function in the extract below, taken from {{w, Marcel Proust}}'s {{w, In Search of Lost Time}}.