Madeleine

Tanımlar (İngilizce)

1. isim A French type of small gateau or sponge cake, often shaped like an elongated scallop shell.

   “And suddenly the memory revealed itself. The taste was that of the little piece of madeleine which on Sunday mornings at Combray […] my aunt Léonie used to give me, dipping it first in her own cup of tea or tisane.”

2. isim Something which brings back a memory; a source of nostalgia or evocative memories.

   “The Robe was thus fixed in my mind as a symbol, and in my memory as a madeleine, of Jewish evil.”

3. özel isim A female given name from French, variant of Madeline.

   “"We've been making up the most glamorous names for you, Marguerite and Marlene and Madeleine―" "And Melanie and Marianne and Marietta," put in Jane.”