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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French crème brûlée (literally burnt cream).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kɹɛm bɹuˈleɪ/
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Noun

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crème brûlée (countable and uncountable, plural crème brûlées or crèmes brûlées or crèmes brûlée)

  1. A dessert of custard, covered by a brittle layer of browned sugar.
    Synonyms: brûlée, burnt cream, Cambridge cream, Trinity cream

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  • 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.

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French

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Literally, “burnt cream.”

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crème brûlée f (plural crèmes brûlées)

  1. crème brûlée

Polish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from French crème brûlée.

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crème brûlée m inan (indeclinable)

  1. crème brûlée

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Portuguese

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Unadapted borrowing from French crème brûlée.

Noun

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crème brûlée m (uncountable)

  1. crème brûlée (dessert)