Usage Note
Muffin is used in French for both the American blueberry-style muffin and English muffins (the flat, round bread rolls). Context usually clarifies which is meant; in cafés and bakeries the cup-cake-shaped variety dominates. The plural is des muffins.
Examples
"Elle a préparé des muffins aux myrtilles pour le goûter."
Natural Translation
She made blueberry muffins for the afternoon snack.

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