ramequin
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French ramequin.
Noun edit
ramequin (plural ramequins)
References edit
- “ramequin”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch rammeken (“toasted bread”) or Middle Low German ramken (“cream”), from rame, rōme (“cream”), from Old Saxon *rōm (“cream”), from Proto-West Germanic *raum, from Proto-Germanic *raumaz (“cream”), from Proto-Indo-European *rewǝgh- (“to sour”).
Cognate with Old High German roum (“cream”), Old English rēam (“cream”). More at ream.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
ramequin m (plural ramequins)
- ramekin (dish for baking in oven)
Further reading edit
- “ramequin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.