crème brûlée
See also: creme brulee and creme brulée
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French crème brûlée (literally “burnt cream”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
crème brûlée (countable and uncountable, plural crème brûlées or crèmes brûlées or crèmes brûlée)
- A dessert of custard, covered by a brittle layer of browned sugar.
- Synonyms: brûlée, burnt cream, Cambridge cream, Trinity cream
Usage notes edit
- Concerning plural forms: crèmes brûlées follows the French plural, which requires that the adjective (brûlée(s) (“burnt”)) agree in number with the noun it modifies (crème(s) (“cream(s)”)); crème brûlées treats the phrase as a headless English noun, regularly suffixing -s to form its plural; whereas crèmes brûlée retains the nominal head, forming a plural by suffixation of the noun, per English grammar.
Translations edit
dessert
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French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Literally, “burnt cream.”
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
crème brûlée f (plural crèmes brûlées)
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French crème brûlée.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
crème brûlée m inan (indeclinable)
Further reading edit
- crème brûlée in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- crème brûlée in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French crème brûlée.
Noun edit
crème brûlée m (uncountable)
- crème brûlée (dessert)