croquembouche
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See also: croquenbouche
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French croquembouche (literally “crunch-in-mouth”).
Pronunciation
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
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French
Alternative forms
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
Noun
croquembouche m (plural croquembouches)
- croquembouche (French dessert made from a pile of profiteroles coated with caramel)
- Hypernym: pièce montée
Descendants
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)