Madeleine (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun, plural mad·e·leines [mad-l-inz, mad-l-eynz; French maduh-len]. /ˈmæd l ɪnz, ˌmæd lˈeɪnz; French madəˈlɛn/. French Cooking.
  1. a small shell-shaped cake made of flour, eggs, sugar, and butter and baked in a mold.
  2. something that triggers memories or nostalgia: in allusion to a nostalgic passage in Proust's Remembrance of Things Past.
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  1. a female given name, form of Magdalene.
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  1. a small fancy sponge cake
Madeleine (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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