Madeleine

Etymology
From madeleine:, earlier gâteau à la Madeleine:, of uncertain origin; attributed in some sources to a 19th-century pastry cook Madeleine Paulmier whose existence is now considered dubious. (Compare Oxford English Dictionary, Trésor de la Langue Française)

Noun

 * 1) A small gateau or sponge cake, often shaped like an elongated scallop shell.
 * 2) * 1981, CK Scott Moncrieff & Terence Kilmartin, translating Marcel Proust, Swann's Way, Folio Society 2005, p. 44:
 * And suddenly the memory revealed itself. The taste was that of the little piece of madeleine which on Sunday mornings at Combray [...] my aunt Léonie used to give me, dipping it first in her own cup of tea or tisane.
 * 1) * 2003, Emily Luchetti, A Passion for Desserts, Chronicle Books 2003, p. 20:
 * Madeleine batter can be made in advance and refrigerated.
 * 1) Something which brings back a memory; a source of nostalgia or evocative memories (used with reference to its function in Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time).
 * 2) * 2001, James Carroll, Constantine's Sword, Houghton-Mifflin 2001, p. 223:
 * The Robe was thus fixed in my mind as a symbol, and in my memory as a madeleine, of Jewish evil.
 * 1) * 2005, Roger Ebert, Rogert Ebert's Movie Yearbook 2005, p. 784:
 * Every five years or so, in the middle of another task, I'll look at them and a particular cover will bring memory flooding back like a madeleine.

Translations

 * French: madeleine
 * Korean: 마들렌


 * Spanish: magdalena

Noun

 * 1)  madeleine

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