what is the french word for french toast
French toast The usual French name is pain perdu (French: [pɛ̃ pɛʁdy] ( listen), "lost bread", reflecting its use of stale or otherwise "lost" bread - which gave birth to the metaphoric term pain perdu for sunk costs.[11] It may also be called pain doré, "golden bread".[12] There are fifteenth-century English recipes for pain perdu.[4][13][14]