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tartine

slice of bread and butter

noun tar-TEEN Rare

Also means

long piece of writing

Usage Note

Tartine is a slice of bread spread with butter, jam, or another topping — the classic French breakfast item. Colloquially, faire une tartine also means to write or talk at tedious length ('to ramble on'). The verb tartiner means to spread (butter, etc.) on bread.

Examples

"Les enfants mangent des tartines au petit déjeuner."

Natural Translation

The children eat bread and butter for breakfast.

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