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parfait
English
Etymology
From French parfait (“perfect”). Doublet of perfect.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p??(?)fe?/, /p??(?)?fe?/
Noun
parfait (plural parfaits)
- A French parfait (parfait glacé), an iced dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, cream, and flavouring (usually fruit), sometimes with the addition of a liqueur.
- An American parfait, a layered dessert often consisting of fruit, ice cream, pastries, whipped topping, etc. and served in a glass, often a parfait glass.
- (Britain) A smooth pâté, usually made from liver and flavoured with liqueurs.
Quotations
- 2005, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback edition, page 379
- Brad hesitated, peering at the grid of spun sugar that jutted from his loganberry parfait.
Translations
Finnish
Alternative forms
- parfee
Etymology
Borrowed from French parfait (“perfect”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?p?rfe?/, [?p?rfe??]
- Syllabification: par?fait
Noun
parfait
- parfait
Declension
Synonyms
- jäädyke
French
Etymology
From Latin perfectus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pa?.f?/
Verb
parfait m (feminine singular parfaite, masculine plural parfaits, feminine plural parfaites)
- past participle of parfaire
Adjective
parfait (feminine singular parfaite, masculine plural parfaits, feminine plural parfaites)
- perfect (exactly right)
- Le déjeuner était parfait.
- The lunch was perfect.
- Le déjeuner était parfait.
Noun
parfait m (plural parfaits)
- (grammar) perfect tense
Derived terms
- accord parfait
- nul n'est parfait
- parfaitement
- perfection
- plus-que-parfait
Further reading
- “parfait” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Norman
Etymology
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Noun
parfait m (plural parfaits)
- (Jersey, grammar) perfect tense
Old French
Adjective
parfait m (oblique and nominative feminine singular parfaite)
- perfect (faultless; without imperfection)
Descendants
- ? Middle English: parfit
- English: parfit
- French: parfait
- ? English: parfait
- ? Finnish: parfait
- Norman: parfait
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custard
English
Etymology
Alteration of croustade.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?k?s.t?d/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?k?s.t?d/
- Rhymes: -?st?(?)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.
Holonyms
- trifle
Derived terms
Translations
See also
Irish
Etymology
Borrowed from English.
Noun
custard m (genitive singular custaird, nominative plural custaird)
- custard
Declension
Derived terms
Mutation
Further reading
- "custard" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
- 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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