different between brioche vs challah

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French brioche.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?bri???/, /bri????/
• Rhymes: -???

Noun

brioche (plural brioches)

1. A type of light sweet pastry or bun of French origin.

   Hypernym: viennoiserie

   Coordinate terms: croissant, pain au chocolat, Danish pastry
2. A knitted cushion for the feet.

Translations

Further reading

• brioche on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

References

French

Etymology

From Old French brier (“to break”) [French broyer] +? -oche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?i.j??/

Noun

brioche f (plural brioches)

1. (baking, cooking) brioche (type of light sweet pastry or bun of French origin)
   • (Can we date this quote?), Attributed to Marie Antoinette:

2. (figuratively) gaffe, blunder

   Synonyms: gaucherie, bévue, boulette

3. (informal) paunch, belly

   Synonym: bide

Derived terms

• avoir une brioche au four

Descendants

Further reading

• “brioche” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French brioche, from Old French brier (“to break”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bri????/

Noun

brioche f (invariable)

1. A croissant, Danish pastry, or other sweet bun.

   Synonyms: cornetto, croissant

See also

• cornetto m

Anagrams

• borchie
• boriche

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from French brioche.

Noun

brioche m (plural brioches)

1. brioche (type of bun)

English

Alternative forms

• challa, chalah, hallah, chaleh

Etymology

From Hebrew ??????? (?allá, “loaf”), influenced by Yiddish ???? (khale).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????l?/, /???l?/

Noun

challah (countable and uncountable, plural challahs or challos or challot or challoth)

1. (countable) A traditional bread eaten by Ashkenazi Jews, usually braided for the Sabbath and round for Yom Tov.

   • […] it is a time-honored custom that when women bake challah-loaves for Sabbath and Yom Tov use, they specifically prepare a dough large enough to be obligated in challah, so they can fulfill the mitzvah of separating challah […] .

2. (uncountable) The commandment to separate a portion of bread or bread dough for the cohanim (Numbers 15:17–21); in contemporary practice, the portion is burned until inedible.
3. (countable) The portion separated in fulfillment of the above.

Translations

Further reading

• separating challah on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Cookbook:challah on Wikibooks.Wikibooks