English–French

“brown sugar” in French

French

Pronunciation

IPA/kasonad/

Example

Je mets de la cassonade dans mon café.

I put brown sugar in my coffee.

Illustration for cassonade (brown sugar)

How to say “brown sugar” in French

“Brown sugar” in French is cassonade.

A spoonful of loose brown cane sugar with a faint caramel taste, stirred into coffee or scattered over food.

Full entry for cassonade: usage tips, similar words and word origin

Example sentences with cassonade

Pour la tarte, j'utilise de la cassonade.

For the tart, I use brown sugar.

Tips for using cassonade

  • Cassonade is feminine and normally takes a mass-noun article: de la cassonade, not du cassonade.

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