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[kehlen]

Dear community,

are all of those called 'loafs' of bread? Whether they are square, or round, or long, like the French baguette?
(I am asking because in Russian, there are two different words.)

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[hobbitbabe]

I'd say "Please go buy four loaves of bread: a ciabatta loaf, a round loaf (or bloomer), a Pullman loaf (or sandwich loaf) and a small baguette with sesame seeds."

So to me, a baguette is a kind of loaf of bread, but I would not say a baguette loaf and I wouldn't use loaf as a counting word if I only meant baguettes "Please pick up two large baguettes and one small whole-wheat baguette."

Notice from my examples that the English plural word is loaves.

[kehlen]

Thank you :-)

[kehlen]

Thank you for the explanation :) and for correcting the plural form. I use this word so infrequently I forgot it was one of the exceptions.

[semitribe]

I would probably only use the word "loaf" in reference to bread that's typically cut into several slices that are used separately, and would just say "a ciabatta", "a baguette" (said in Flight of the Conchords "Foux Du FaFa" voice), "a bap", etc. for bread that's typically just eaten as-is or sliced in half to form a sandwich.

[kehlen]

I agree with the use of 'loaf' as something that you cut into pieces (it's the same in Russian).

Funny though how we perceive these types of bread differently, because at home, we definitely cut pieces from a baguette, as well as from a ciabatta.

Thank you :)