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caramel

See also: Caramel

English edit

 

Alternative forms edit

caromel (archaic)

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from French caramel, from Spanish caramelo, from Portuguese caramelo, dissimilated from Late Latin calamellus, diminutive of calamus (“reed”) (and a doublet of chalumeau and shawm). Alternatively from Medieval Latin cannamellis, which is a compound of canna + mellis.

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Usage notes edit

Both the two-syllable and the three-syllable pronunciations are very common in all regions of the United States. The three-syllable pronunciation is more common than the two-syllable one in the South (excluding western Texas), northern New Jersey, eastern New York, and New England, while the two-syllable one is more common in other regions.[5]

Noun edit

caramel (countable and uncountable, plural caramels)

  1. (uncountable) A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize and become sticky.
    • 2004, Harold McGee, chapter 12, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:
      The usual technique for making caramel is to mix table sugar with some water, then heat until the water has boiled off and the molten sugar colors.
  2. (countable) A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.
    • 2004, Harold McGee, chapter 12, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:
      Caramel has a rich, complex flavor and consistency, viscous and sticky and creamy all at once, that works well with most sweets and fruits, with coffee and chocolate, and even with salt: the prized caramels of Brittany are made with a notable dose of sea salt.
  3. A yellow-brown color, like that of caramel.
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caramel (not comparable)

  1. Of a yellow-brown color.
    • 2001, Nicole Sconiers, California Schemin': The Black Woman's Guide to Surviving in LA:
      Every time I saw this caramel cutie, she was working on a new proposal or business plan or flyer to promote herself and her event coordinating business.

Verb edit

caramel (third-person singular simple present caramels, present participle caramelling or carameling, simple past and past participle caramelled or carameled)

  1. (transitive, cooking, dated) To caramelize.
    • 1900, M. M. Mallock, The Economics of Modern Cookery: Or, A Younger Son's Cookery Book:
      To turn out, place the dish over the mould, and invert both together, when, if the caramelling has been complete, the pudding should slip out without any difficulty at all.

References edit

  1. ^ “caramel”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.: /ˈkarəmɛl/, /ˈkarəm(ə)l/
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “caramel”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 “caramel”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
  4. ^ “caramel” (US) / “caramel” (UK) in Macmillan English Dictionary.: /ˈkerəˌmel/, /ˈkɑrməl/
  5. ^ Dialect Survey map 1, showing that both pronunciations are common in all regions, and map 2, showing which regions the di- and tri-syllabic pronunciations predominate in

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish caramelo, from Portuguese caramelo, from Latin calamellus. Doublet of caramell.

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Noun edit

caramel m (plural caramels)

  1. caramel (sticky confection made by heating sugar)
  2. candy, sweet
    • 2016 November 9, Idoya Noain, “¿Què serà del nostre país?”, in El Periódico‎[1]:
      “És com si a Hillary Clinton li haguessin ficat la mà a les butxaques i li haguessin tret els caramels.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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French edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Spanish caramelo, from Portuguese caramelo, probably from Late Latin calamellus, and therefore doublet of the inherited chalumeau.

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Noun edit

caramel m (plural caramels)

  1. caramel, fudge

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from French caramel.

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caramel n (plural carameluri)

  1. caramel

Declension edit

Declension of caramel
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) caramel caramelul (niște) carameluri caramelurile
genitive/dative (unui) caramel caramelului (unor) carameluri caramelurilor
vocative caramelule caramelurilor
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