bain-marie

English

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Alternative forms

• bain marie

Etymology

French, from Medieval Latin balneum Mariae Maria’s bath

Noun

bain marie (plural bains maries)

1. in cooking, a large pan containing hot water, into which other smaller pans are set in order to cook food slowly, or to keep food warm

Synonyms

• double boiler

Translations

pan containing hot water

• Catalan: bany maria (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 水浴器 (cmn) (shuǐyùqì), 雙重蒸鍋 (cmn), 双重蒸锅 (cmn) (shuāngchóng zhēngguō)

• Finnish: vesihaude (fi)

• German: Bain-Marie (de) n
• Portuguese: banho-maria (pt) m
• Spanish: baño María (es) m
• Swedish: vattenbad (sv) n

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French

Noun

bain-marie m (plural bains-marie)

1. Bain-marie.