French toast

== English == === Alternative forms === french toast === Etymology === First recorded use in 1660, in a recipe without eggs, in the current sense from 1870s. The common French name for the dish is pain perdu (literally “lost bread”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌfɹɛnt͡ʃ ˈtəʊst/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˌfɹɛnt͡ʃ ˈtoʊst/ === Noun === French toast (countable and uncountable, plural French toasts) (cooking) Food prepared by dipping bread into egg batter and frying. ==== Synonyms ==== eggy bread (UK) freedom toast (rare, US politics, sometimes humorous) ==== Derived terms ==== freedom toast French-toasty ==== Translations ==== === References === === Further reading === French toast on Wikipedia.Wikipedia