English Dictionary

madeleine

/ˈmad(ə)lɪn/

noun

A French type of small gateau or sponge cake, often shaped like an elongated scallop shell. / (figuratively) Something which brings back a memory; a source of nostalgia or evocative memories.

I love to eat madeleines with my afternoon tea.

意味（1）

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.

意味（2）

(figuratively) 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.