parfait
See also: Parfait
English edit
Etymology edit
From French parfait (“perfect”). Doublet of perfect.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːfeɪ/, /pɑːˈfeɪ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɑɹfeɪ/, /pɑɹˈfeɪ/
Noun edit
parfait (plural parfaits)
- A French parfait (parfait glacé), an iced dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, cream, and flavouring (usually fruit), sometimes with the addition of a liqueur.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 379:
- Brad hesitated, peering at the grid of spun sugar that jutted from his loganberry parfait.
- An American parfait, a layered dessert often consisting of fruit, ice cream, pastries, whipped topping, etc. and served in a glass, often a parfait glass.
- (UK) A smooth pâté, usually made from liver and flavoured with liqueurs.
Derived terms edit
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Translations edit
an iced dessert
Finnish edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French parfait (“perfect”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
parfait
Declension edit
Inflection of parfait (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | parfait | parfait’t | ||
genitive | parfait’n | parfait’iden parfait’itten | ||
partitive | parfait’ta | parfait’ita | ||
illative | parfait’hen | parfait’ihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | parfait | parfait’t | ||
accusative | nom. | parfait | parfait’t | |
gen. | parfait’n | |||
genitive | parfait’n | parfait’iden parfait’itten | ||
partitive | parfait’ta | parfait’ita | ||
inessive | parfait’ssa | parfait’issa | ||
elative | parfait’sta | parfait’ista | ||
illative | parfait’hen | parfait’ihin | ||
adessive | parfait’lla | parfait’illa | ||
ablative | parfait’lta | parfait’ilta | ||
allative | parfait’lle | parfait’ille | ||
essive | parfait’na | parfait’ina | ||
translative | parfait’ksi | parfait’iksi | ||
abessive | parfait’tta | parfait’itta | ||
instructive | — | parfait’in | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “parfait”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French edit
Etymology edit
Calque of Latin perfectus based on French par- + fait, inherited from Latin per- and factus respectively.
Pronunciation edit
Participle edit
parfait (feminine parfaite, masculine plural parfaits, feminine plural parfaites)
Adjective edit
parfait (feminine parfaite, masculine plural parfaits, feminine plural parfaites)
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Noun edit
parfait m (plural parfaits)
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Further reading edit
- “parfait” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “parfait”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman edit
Etymology edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun edit
parfait m (plural parfaits)
Old French edit
Adjective edit
parfait m (oblique and nominative feminine singular parfaite)
- perfect (faultless; without imperfection)
Descendants edit
Swedish edit
Noun edit
parfait c
- parfait (dessert)
Declension edit
Declension of parfait | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | parfait | parfaiten | parfaiter | parfaiterna |
Genitive | parfaits | parfaitens | parfaiters | parfaiternas |