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loaf

UK
/ləʊf/
US
/loʊf/
loafnoun
loaves
pl
UK
/ləʊf/
US
/loʊf/
Translations
micheSe dit surtout d'une miche de pain.
She bought a fresh loaf of bread from the bakery.
Elle a acheté une miche de pain fraîche à la boulangerie.
têteFamilier, surtout en anglais britannique.
Use your loaf and think this through.
Utilise ta tête et réfléchis bien.
Additional translations
cabocheFamilier et plus expressif.
painEmploi plus général ou familier pour un pain façonné en un seul bloc.
Definitions
A quantity of bread that is shaped and baked in one piece and usually sliced before being eaten.
She bought a fresh loaf of bread from the bakery.
A shaped mass of food, such as meat or sugar, that is baked or molded.
He prepared a meat loaf for dinner.
(slang, chiefly UK) The human head.
Use your loaf and think this through.
Synonyms
bun
slice
hunk
roll
bread
loafverb
loafed
Past Simple
loafed
Past Participle
loafing
ing-form
UK
/ləʊf/
US
/loʊf/
Translations
façonnerEn boulangerie, pour donner la forme d'une miche à une pâte.
After the dough had risen, she loafed it and set the shaped loaves on the tray.
Après la levée de la pâte, elle l'a façonnée en miche et a déposé les pains formés sur le plateau.
fainéanterFamilier.
He decided to loaf around the house all day instead of doing his chores.
Il a décidé de fainéanter à la maison toute la journée au lieu de faire ses corvées.
Additional translations
traînasserFamilier, avec idée d'oisiveté.
Definitions
To spend time in a lazy or idle way.
He decided to loaf around the house all day instead of doing his chores.
To shape (dough or another food mixture) into a loaf or loaves for baking.
After the dough had risen, she loafed it and set the shaped loaves on the tray.
Synonyms
hang around
loiter
dawdle
lounge
idle
loafadjective
UK
/ləʊf/
US
/loʊf/
Used attributively to modify another noun, e.g. 'loaf tin', 'loaf cake'.
Translations
à painSe dit d'un objet destiné à contenir ou à former un pain/miche.
She poured the batter into a loaf tin.
Elle a versé la pâte dans un moule à pain.
Definitions
Shaped like or intended for a loaf of bread; relating to a loaf.
She poured the batter into a loaf tin.
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