petit déjeuner

[ puh-tee dey-zhœ-ney ]

noun

, French.

, plural pe·tits dé·jeu·ners [p, uh, -tee dey-zh, œ, -, ney].

1. breakfast.

Example Sentences

“It’s the only reason I force myself to wake up early on weekends: to get my brioche framboise in this pretty little pastry shop. It’s my dream in the morning. Between Robin Wright, my perfect woman, I think I choose the brioche! It’s the perfect place for petit déjeuner.”

From New York Times

The petit déjeuner menu is simple, offering mini-viennoiseries, Kusmi teas, and other typical bistro breakfast fare.

From Architectural Digest

The petit déjeuner menu is simple, offering mini-viennoiseries, Kusmi teas, and other typical bistro breakfast fare.

From Architectural Digest

He had wakened with the first ray of sunlight that set the birds to singing in the garden, and, Chitta’s fall of the previous evening having spilled his coffee and devastated his supplies, he was forced to go without a petit déjeuner.

From Project Gutenberg

Beautifully laid out on two trays that were just the right size for breakfast in bed, it was far superior to the standard coffee, baguette, butter and jam that passes for le petit déjeuner in so many hotel breakfast rooms in the Sixth Arrondissement.

From New York Times