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boulanger

/bu.lɑ̃.ʒe/

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noun, masculine/bu.lɑ̃.ʒe/plural: boulangers

baker (who bakes bread; contrast pâtissier)

Related: boulangerie, robot boulanger

Inherited from Middle French boulanger, from Old French boulanger, bolengier (“baker”), from Picard Old French boulenc (“bun-maker, bread-maker”), of Germanic origin, from Low Frankish *bollā (“bun”) + -enc (“-ing”), from Frankish *-ing (“-ing”), from Proto-Germanic *-ingaz (“-ing”).

verb/bu.lɑ̃.ʒe/

To prepare and bake bread.

Inherited from Middle French boulanger, from Old French boulanger, bolengier (“baker”), from Picard Old French boulenc (“bun-maker, bread-maker”), of Germanic origin, from Low Frankish *bollā (“bun”) + -enc (“-ing”), from Frankish *-ing (“-ing”), from Proto-Germanic *-ingaz (“-ing”).