quignon

French

Un quignon de pain.

Etymology

Alteration of coignon m, from coin m, originally designating round shaped pastries, dialectal and historical variants include coignel, coigniaus, cuignet, cuignole, cuignot, kouign-amann.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ki.ɲɔ̃/

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Noun

quignon m (plural quignons)

1. heel (of bread)

   Synonym: croûton m (Northern France)

Further reading

• “quignon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.