madeleine
a small shell-shaped cake made of flour, eggs, sugar, and butter and baked in a mold.
something that triggers memories or nostalgia: in allusion to a nostalgic passage in Proust's Remembrance of Things Past.
Origin of madeleine
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a female given name, form of Magdalene.
- Also Mad·e·laine, Mad·e·lene [mad-l-in], /ˈmæd l ɪn/, Mad·e·line, Mad·e·lyn.
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How to use madeleine in a sentence
madeleine was always a force for goodness, grace and decency—and for freedom.
Bond shoots Safin dead, and then calls madeleine to wish her farewell as he watches several missiles approach the island.
How No Time to Die's Unprecedented Ending Sets Up the Future of the Bond Franchise | Eliana Dockterman | October 8, 2021 | TimeDuring a fight scene, one such thug insinuates that madeleine betrayed him—just like Vesper had.
How No Time to Die's Unprecedented Ending Sets Up the Future of the Bond Franchise | Eliana Dockterman | October 8, 2021 | Timemadeleine will, of course, later in the movie confess that his suspicions are well-founded.
How No Time to Die's Unprecedented Ending Sets Up the Future of the Bond Franchise | Eliana Dockterman | October 8, 2021 | TimeMeneghetti has also said the idea for his movie actually came from his encounter with a real-life living arrangement like the one shared by Nina and madeleine.
Lesbian love story becomes thriller in ‘Two of Us’ | John Paul King | February 4, 2021 | Washington Blade
Early in her career, she and designer madeleine Vionnet sued a woman in Paris for copying some 20,000 sketches of their designs.
Normally I might look to Samantha Power or madeleine Albright or Hillary Clinton for foreign policy wisdom.
Despite the fact that her husband had left France four years earlier, madeleine had recently given birth to a healthy baby boy.
As our car sped along the Boulevard de la madeleine, I was filled with hope and excitement.
Several people at the resort had seen a man carrying a small bundled child on the night madeleine disappeared.
Investigation Into Madeleine McCann Disappearance Reopened in Portugal | Barbie Latza Nadeau | October 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTI have looked in,” said Aristide, with his ingratiating smile, “to see whether you are ready to go to the madeleine.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol | William J. LockeIn 1840 he did some work on an unfinished house in the suburbs of the madeleine, purchased by the Thuilliers.
Repertory Of The Comedie Humaine, Complete, A -- Z | Anatole Cerfberr and Jules Franois ChristopheDaphne was still erect, self-confident, militant; whereas madeleine knew herself vanquished—vanquished both in body and soul.
Marriage la mode | Mrs. Humphry Wardmadeleine turned her face towards the gorge, her wasted hands clasped on her breast.
Marriage la mode | Mrs. Humphry WardThe flower markets which always made Paris so attractive have vanished, even the famous flower market in front of the madeleine.
Ways of War and Peace | Delia Austrian
British Dictionary definitions for madeleine
/ (ˈmædəlɪn, -ˌleɪn) /
a small fancy sponge cake
Origin of madeleine
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