parfait
See also: Parfait
English
editEtymology
editFrom French parfait (“perfect”). Doublet of perfect, perfecto, and perfectus.
Pronunciation
editAudio (US): (file) - (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːfeɪ/, /pɑːˈfeɪ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɑɹfeɪ/, /pɑɹˈfeɪ/
Noun
editparfait (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 American 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
editRelated terms
editTranslations
editan iced dessert
Finnish
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from French parfait (“perfect”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈpɑrfeː/, [ˈpɑ̝rfe̞ː]
- Rhymes: -ɑrfeː
- Syllabification(key): par‧fait
- Hyphenation(key): par‧fait
Noun
editparfait
- French parfait (dessert)
Declension
editInflection 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] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
French
editEtymology
editCalque of Latin perfectus based on French par- + fait, inherited from Latin per- and factus respectively.
Pronunciation
editParticiple
editparfait (feminine parfaite, masculine plural parfaits, feminine plural parfaites)
Adjective
editparfait (feminine parfaite, masculine plural parfaits, feminine plural parfaites)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editNoun
editparfait m (plural parfaits)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editDescendants
editFurther 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
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editparfait m (plural parfaits)
Old French
editAdjective
editparfait m (oblique and nominative feminine singular parfaite)
- perfect (faultless; without imperfection)
Descendants
editSwedish
editNoun
editparfait c
- parfait (dessert)
Declension
editnominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | parfait | parfaits |
definite | parfaiten | parfaitens | |
plural | indefinite | parfaiter | parfaiters |
definite | parfaiterna | parfaiternas |
References
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- English terms borrowed from French
- English terms derived from French
- English doublets
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- British English
- en:Desserts
- Finnish terms borrowed from French
- Finnish unadapted borrowings from French
- Finnish terms derived from French
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑrfeː
- Rhymes:Finnish/ɑrfeː/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish parfait-type nominals
- French terms calqued from Latin
- French terms derived from Latin
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French non-lemma forms
- French past participles
- French lemmas
- French adjectives
- French terms with usage examples
- French nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Grammar
- fr:Tenses
- Norman lemmas
- Norman nouns
- Norman masculine nouns
- Jersey Norman
- nrf:Grammar
- Old French lemmas
- Old French adjectives
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns