croquembouche

See also: croquenbouche

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French croquembouche (literally “crunch-in-mouth”).

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɹɒkɒmˈbuːʃ/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɹɑkəmˈbuʃ/
Rhymes: -uːʃ

Noun

croquembouche (plural croquembouches)

A French dessert made by piling profiteroles and other crunchy sweets in a tall shape, then pouring caramel over them to hold them in place.

Translations

French dessert made from a pile of profiteroles coated with caramel

Catalan: pastís de lioneses m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 泡芙塔 (pàofú tǎ)
Finnish: krokaani (fi)
French: croquembouche (fr) m
German: Croquembouche m, Krachgebäck n
Japanese: クロカンブッシュ (kurokanbusshu), クロカンブーシュ (kurokanbūshu)
Persian: کروکمبوش (krokambuš)
Russian: крокембу́ш m (krokembúš)
Swedish: krokan (sv) c
Thai: ครอก็องบุช (krɔɔ-gɔng-bùch)

French

Alternative forms

croqu’en-bouche (obsolete)
croque-en-bouche (obsolete)
croquenbouche (obsolete)

Etymology

From croque (“crunches, crunch”, third person singular present indicative, or second person singular imperative, of croquer) +‎ en (“in”) +‎ bouche (“mouth”), literally “crunch-in-mouth”. The current spelling came later than the others, and was first attested in 1845.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʁɔ.kɑ̃.buʃ/
Rhymes: -uʃ

Noun

croquembouche m (plural croquembouches)

croquembouche (French dessert made from a pile of profiteroles coated with caramel)
Hypernym: pièce montée

Descendants

→ German: Croquembouche
→ Hebrew: קְרוֹקָמְבּוּש (krokambúsh)
→ Japanese: クロカンブッシュ (kurokanbusshu), クロカンブーシュ (kurokanbūshu)
→ Persian: کروکمبوش (krokambuš)
→ Russian: крокембу́ш (krokembúš)
→⇒ Swedish: krokan
- → Finnish: krokaani
→ Thai: ครอก็องบุช (krɔɔ-gɔng-bùch)

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