crème brûlée
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See also: creme brulee and creme brulée
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French crème brûlée (literally “burnt cream”).
Pronunciation
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
Etymology
Literally, “burnt cream.”
Pronunciation
Noun
crème brûlée f (plural crèmes brûlées)
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French crème brûlée.
Pronunciation
Noun
crème brûlée m inan (indeclinable)
Further reading
- crème brûlée in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- crème brûlée in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French crème brûlée.
Noun
crème brûlée m (uncountable)
- crème brûlée (dessert)