flan
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Borrowed around 1846 from French flan (“cheesecake, custard tart, flan”), or in some uses (in reference to Spanish/Latin American flans) later from Spanish flan (itself from the French), both from Old French flaon (whence also Middle English flaon, flaun (“pie; cake”)), from Late Latin fladō (“flat cake”), from Frankish *flaþō (“flat cake”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“broad, flat”); compare German Fladen. Akin to Old High German flado (“flat cake, offering cake”). Doublet of flathe.
Although the -n is generally believed to derive from the Late Latin accusative form (fladonem) of fladō (“flat cake”), it might alternatively derive from an inflected form of the Frankish word (such as the Frankish accusative *flaþan, or the like). For a similar case, see garden.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /flæn/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /flɑn/
- Rhymes: -æn, -ɑːn
Noun edit
flan (plural flans)
- (chiefly UK, Australia) Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case. (Compare quiche.)
- 2004, Shawn Blore, Alexandra de Vries, Frommer's Brazil, →ISBN, page 175:
- The menu includes a number of excellent fish dishes such as the […] broccoli flan.
- (chiefly US, Belize) A dessert of congealed custard, often topped with caramel, especially popular in Spanish-speaking countries.
- Synonym: crème caramel
- (numismatics) A coin die. (Compare planchet.)
Usage notes edit
- In the UK and Australia, flan usually refers to a baked tart (sense 1), and would only refer to a custard dessert (sense 2) rarely and in the context of the cuisine of Latin American or Mediterranean countries which use the word in that way. In the US, flan usually refers to the (Latin American-derived) custard dessert (sense 2), though uses of sense 1 can also be found.
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Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
flan (third-person singular simple present flans, present participle flanning, simple past and past participle flanned)
- (architecture) To splay or bevel internally, as a window-pane.
Derived terms edit
Etymology 3 edit
English, from a slip of the tongue by actor Nathan Fillion.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
flan (plural flans)
- (informal, fandom slang) A fan of the U.S. TV series Firefly.
- Synonym: Browncoat
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:flan.
References edit
- Nathan Fillion interview at an In Good Company premiere, 28 December 2004 (IESB.net video) (Wikiquote transcription)
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French flaon, from Late Latin fladō (“flat cake”), from Frankish *flaþō (“flat cake”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂t- (“broad, flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to spread out, be broad, be flat”). Akin to Old High German flado (“flat cake, offering cake”) (German Fladen), Dutch vla (“baked custard”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
flan m (plural flans)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “flan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Icelandic edit
Noun edit
flan n (genitive singular flans, no plural)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- “flan” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From English flan, from French flan (“cheesecake, custard tart, flan”), or in some uses (in reference to Spanish/Latin American flans) later from Spanish flan (itself from the French), both from Old French flaon (whence also Middle English flaon, flaun (“pie; cake”)), from Late Latin fladonem, accusative of fladō (“flat cake”), from Frankish *flaþō (“flat cake”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂t- (“broad, flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to spread out, be broad, be flat”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
flan (first-person possessive flanku, second-person possessive flanmu, third-person possessive flannya)
Further reading edit
- “flan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Middle English edit
Noun edit
flan
- Alternative form of flon
Old English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Germanic *flainaz (“hook, spear with a tip”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleyn- (“metal arrow, hook, spear-head”). Akin to Old Norse fleinn (“hook, barbed weapon, javelin, arrow”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
flān m or f
Declension edit
(when masculine)
(when feminine)
Descendants edit
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
flan n (plural flanuri)
Declension edit
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) flan | flanul | (niște) flanuri | flanurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) flan | flanului | (unor) flanuri | flanurilor |
vocative | flanule | flanurilor |
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French flan, from Old French flaon, from Late Latin fladō (“flat cake”), from Frankish *flaþō (“flat cake”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂t- (“broad, flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to spread out, be broad, be flat”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
flan m (plural flanes)
Derived terms edit
- (diminutive) flancito
Further reading edit
- “flan”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014