médaille en chocolat

French
FWOTD – 19 September 2019

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /me.da.j‿ɑ̃ ʃɔ.kɔ.la/

Noun

médaille en chocolat f (plural médailles en chocolat)

  1. (humorous) a nonexistent prize for finishing in fourth place (as opposed to the actual gold, silver and bronze medals for finishing first, second, and third)
    • 2010 August 12, Christophe Remise, “Lacourt en redemande”, in Le Figaro:
      La Niçoise a dû se contenter de la médaille en chocolat en finale du 200 mètres 4 nages […]
      The woman from Nice had to settle for the chocolate medal in the final of the 200-meter medley […]
    • 2012, Bruno Bini, quoted in Gilbert Brisbois, "Bini : « On ne veut pas la médaille en chocolat »" RMC Sport 6 August 2012:
      Ce n’est pas fini. On ne va pas repartir encore une fois avec la médaille en chocolat.
      It's not over. We're not going to leave with the chocolate medal again.
  2. (literally) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see médaille,‎ chocolat.
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