crème brûlée
See also: creme brulee and creme brulée
English
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from French crème brûlée (literally “burnt cream”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcrème 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
editdessert
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French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editLiterally, “burnt cream.”
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcrème brûlée f (plural crèmes brûlées)
Polish
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from French crème brûlée.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcrème 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
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from French crème brûlée.
Noun
editcrème brûlée m (uncountable)
- crème brûlée (dessert)
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