French word

cassonade

Pronunciation

IPA/kasonad/

Meaning

  • feminine nounbrown sugar

Example

Je mets de la cassonade dans mon café.

I put brown sugar in my coffee.

Illustration for cassonade (brown sugar)

More examples

Pour la tarte, j'utilise de la cassonade.

For the tart, I use brown sugar.

Core concept

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

Common phrases

  • mettre de la cassonade

    put in brown sugar

  • une cuillère de cassonade

    a spoonful of brown sugar

  • un sachet de cassonade

    a packet of brown sugar

Similar words

sucre: Common white granulated sugar used in cooking and drinks.
sucre roux: Light brown granulated sugar with a rich, full-bodied flavor.

Definition in French

Sucre roux issu de la canne, moins raffiné que le sucre blanc et apprécié pour son goût légèrement caramélisé.

Word origin

French cassonade is formed from casson, an older term for coarse or broken sugar, with -ade, and casson is linked to casser, meaning to break.

Usage tips

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

Other meanings

  • raw sugarnoun

Opposites

  • sucre blancwhite sugarnoun

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