custard
See also: Custard
English
Etymology
Alteration of croustade.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkʌs.təd/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkʌs.tɚd/
audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ʌstə(ɹ)d
Noun
custard (countable and uncountable, plural custards)
- A type of sauce made from milk and eggs (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat, served hot poured over desserts, as a filling for some pies and cakes, or cold and solidified; also used as a base for some savoury dishes, such as quiches, or eaten as a stand-alone dessert; egg custard.
- (by extension) A similar sauce made from milk and cornflour or custard powder (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat.
Holonyms
Derived terms
- African custard apple
- all over the place like a mad woman's custard
- confectioner's custard
- cowardy custard
- cup custard
- custard apple
- custard arm
- custard brains
- custard cannon
- custard Christian
- custard-chucker
- custard coffin
- custard cream
- custard cup
- custard-cups
- custard glass
- custard launcher
- custard-pie
- custard pie
- custard powder
- custard slice
- custard tart
- custard wind
- custardy
- egg custard
- egg custard tart
- frozen custard
- fruit custard
- love custard
- turn to custard
Translations
sauce
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Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English.
Declension
Declension of custard
First declension
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Bare forms:
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Forms with the definite article:
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Derived terms
- custardúll, úll custaird (“custard apple”)
- flan custaird, toirtín custaird (“egg custard”)
- púdar custaird (“custard powder”)
- toirtín custaird (“custard tart”)
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
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| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| custard | chustard | gcustard |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “custard”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Entries containing “custard” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
- Entries containing “custard” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.
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