madeleine

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• /ˈmæd(ə)lɪn/
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• /ˈmædəlaɪn/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmad(ə)lɪn/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈmad(ə)lɛn/
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• General-American: /ˈmædələn/
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• General-American: /ˌmædəˈleɪn/
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From French Madeleine. Doublet of Magdalene.

Unadapted borrowing from French 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 Madeleine Paulmier, whose existence is now considered dubious. In sense 2, used with reference to the cake's function in the extract below, taken from Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time.

38 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: madeleine — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Aragonese: madalena — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Armenian: մադլեն (madlen) — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Asturian: madalena — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Basque: madalena — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Catalan: magdalena — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Chinese Mandarin: 瑪德蓮蛋糕 /玛德莲蛋糕 (Mǎdélián dàngāo) — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Czech: madlenka — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Esperanto: kuketo — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Esperanto: konkoforma kuketo — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Estonian: madeleine — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Finnish: madeleine — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Finnish: madeleine-leivos — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• French: madeleine — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Galician: magdalena — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• German: Madeleine — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Greek: μανταλένα (mantaléna) — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Hebrew: עוּגִיַּת מָדְלֶן (ugiyát madlén) — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Hebrew: מָדְלֶן (madlén) — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Hungarian: madeleine — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Ido: madeleno — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Italian: madeleine — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Italian: maddalena — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Japanese: マドレーヌ (madorēnu) — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Korean: 마들렌 (madeullen) — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Malagasy: madelenina — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Norwegian: madeleinekake — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Persian: کیک مادلن (keyk mâdlen) — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Persian: مادلن (mâdlen) — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Polish: magdalenka — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Portuguese: madalena — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Portuguese: madeleine — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Russian: мадле́н (madlén) — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Spanish: magdalena — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Swedish: madeleinekaka — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Turkish: madlen — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Vietnamese: bánh mađơlen — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell
• Vietnamese: mađơlen — small gateau in the shape of a scallop shell