different between parfait vs parfit

English

Etymology

From French parfait (“perfect”). Doublet of perfect.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p??(?)fe?/, /p??(?)?fe?/

Noun

parfait (plural parfaits)

1. 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.
2. 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.
3. (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

1. 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)

1. past participle of parfaire

Adjective

parfait (feminine singular parfaite, masculine plural parfaits, feminine plural parfaites)

1. perfect (exactly right)

   Le déjeuner était parfait.

   The lunch was perfect.

Noun

parfait m (plural parfaits)

1. (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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

parfait m (plural parfaits)

1. (Jersey, grammar) perfect tense

Old French

Adjective

parfait m (oblique and nominative feminine singular parfaite)

1. perfect (faultless; without imperfection)

Descendants

• ? Middle English: parfit
  • English: parfit
• French: parfait
  • ? English: parfait
  • ? Finnish: parfait
• Norman: parfait

English

Adjective

parfit (comparative more parfit, superlative most parfit)

1. (obsolete) Perfect.

Middle English

Etymology

Old French parfait, past participle of parfaire (“to perfect”).

Adjective

parfit

1. perfect