breadstick

/ˈbɹɛdˌstɪk/ noun

A long, very slender loaf of crisp bread smaller than a baguette; for example, grissini from Italy and rosquilletas from Spain.

Word Origin Bread from Proto-Germanic *braudaz, originally meaning a piece or morsel, and stick from *stikaz 'rod.' A breadstick is literally a stick-shaped piece of bread. The root of bread is related to brew (both from *bhreg- 'to break, fragment'), so bread is broken pieces of grain. Stick is from *steig- 'to pierce, stick.' So breadstick is a stick of broken grain.

noun A long, very slender loaf of crisp bread smaller than a baguette; for example, grissini from Italy and rosquilletas from Spain. countable

We enjoyed the crisp breadstick with our soup before the main course arrived.

(名词) 面包棒;面包条;脆面包棒

在主菜上来之前,我们享用了配汤的脆面包棒。

(sustantivo) Un pan largo y muy delgado, crujiente y más pequeño que una baguette; por ejemplo, los grisines de Italia y las rosquilletas de España.

Disfrutamos del crujiente colín con nuestra sopa antes de que llegara el plato principal.

(nom) grissini; gressin; bâtonnet de pain croustillant [Bâtonnet de pain long et très fin, croustillant, plus petit qu'une baguette ; par exemple les grissini italiens ou les rosquilletas espagnoles.]

Nous avons savouré ce grissini croustillant avec notre soupe avant l'arrivée du plat principal.

(Substantiv) Grissini; Brotstange [Ein langes, sehr dünnes und knuspriges Brot, das kleiner als ein Baguette ist, z. B. italienische *grissini* oder spanische *rosquilletas*.]

Wir aßen den knusprigen **breadstick** zur Suppe, bevor das Hauptgericht serviert wurde.

(名詞) 細長く棒状に焼いたカリカリしたパン。バゲットより小さく、イタリアのグリッシーニなど。

メインコースが来る前に、スープと一緒にカリカリのbreadstickを楽しんだ。

(substantivo) grissini; palito de pão; bastão de pão [Um pão longo e muito fino, crocante e menor que uma baguete; por exemplo, grissini da Itália e rosquilletas da Espanha.]

Apreciamos o palito de pão crocante com nossa sopa antes do prato principal chegar.

Word parts: bread + stick

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