crème brûlée
See also: creme brulee and creme brulée
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French crème brûlée (literally “burnt cream”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɹɛm bɹuˈleɪ/
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Noun
crème 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
- 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
dessert
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French
Alternative forms
- crème brulée (post-1990 spelling)
Etymology
Literally, “burnt cream.”
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁɛm bʁy.le/
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Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French crème brûlée.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /krɛm ˈbri.lɛ/
- Rhymes: -ilɛ
Further reading
- crème brûlée in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- crème brûlée in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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