Associations to the word «Madeleine»

Wiktionary

MADELEINE, noun. A small gateau or sponge cake, often shaped like an elongated scallop shell.
MADELEINE, noun. Something which brings back a memory; a source of nostalgia or evocative memories (used with reference to its function in Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time).
MADELEINE, proper noun. A female given name.

Wise words

We should have a great fewer disputes in the world if words were taken for what they are, the signs of our ideas only, and not for things themselves.
John Locke