Boulangerie

We spotted this building in the town of Vannes, in Brittany. I absolutely loved the colour!

It also gave me the perfect excuse to dig into the roots of the word boulangerie — and it turns out, there’s a whole story bubbling under the surface.

These two word cards explore where boulangerie comes from, why it’s linked to words like boule and bubble, and how the -erie suffix helps shape French words for places like fromagerie, pâtisserie and charcuterie. There’s even a modern twist from the Académie Française on what counts as a boulangerie artisanale.