different between parfait vs pudding

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

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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

Etymology

From circa 1305, Middle English poding (“kind of sausage; meat-filled animal stomach”), puddyng, from Old French boudin (“blood sausage, black pudding”). Doublet of boudin.

• An alternative etymology assumes origin from Proto-Germanic *put-, *pud- (“to swell”) (compare dialectal English pod (“belly”), Old English puduc (“wen, sore”), Low German puddig (“swollen”), Westphalian Puddek (“lump, pudding”), Puddewurst (“black pudding”). More at pout.

Pronunciation

• enPR: po?od?ing, IPA^(key): /?p?d.??/
• Rhymes: -?d??

Noun

pudding (countable and uncountable, plural puddings)

1. Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming, or from batter.
   • 2004, Victoria Wise, The Pressure Cooker Gourmet, page 313,

     The dishes in this chapter represent a range of multiethnic savory custards and steamed puddings, including a few surprises like a chèvre popover pudding and a bread pudding with lettuce and cheese.

   • 2004, Sarah Garland, The Complete Book of Herbs & Spices, page 199,

     Steamed and boiled puddings have formed the basic diet of country people in northern Europe for centuries. Early puddings consisted of the scoured stomach of a sheep or pig, stuffed with its own suet and offal, which has been thickened with oatmeal, and boiled in water or baked in the ashes of a fire.

2. A type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming.
   • 2007, Magdaleen Van Wyk, The Complete South African Cookbook, page 265,

     Steamed puddings, a favourite for winter, are both easy to make and delicious. Served with one of the sweet sauces (recipes 497 to 506) they make a filling and satisfying end to a meal.

3. A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.
4. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Dessert; the dessert course of a meal.

5. (originally) A sausage made primarily from blood.
6. (slang) An overweight person.
7. (slang) Entrails.
8. (obsolete) Any food or victuals.
   • 1718, Matthew Prior, Merry Andrew

     Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue.

9. (archaic, slang) A piece of good fortune.

Synonyms

• (sausage made from blood): black pudding (UK), blood sausage
• (dessert): afters (UK informal), dessert, pud (UK slang), sweet (British)
• (custard-like dessert): custard, crème caramel, crème brûlée, flan, mousse

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

References

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English pudding.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?.d??/
• Hyphenation: pud?ding

Noun

pudding m (plural puddingen, diminutive puddinkje n)

1. A pudding, dessert of the custard-type

Derived terms

• chocoladepudding
• drilpudding
• griesmeelpudding
• vanillepudding

French

Alternative forms

• pouding (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from English pudding. Doublet of boudin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pu.di?/
• Rhymes: -i?

Noun

pudding m (plural puddings)

1. any dish formed from putting the leftovers of a place such as a bakery together, and mixing them all into one

Descendants

• ? Romanian: budinc?
• ? Turkish: puding

Further reading

• “pudding” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Polish

Etymology

From English pudding.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pu.dink/

Noun

pudding m inan

1. pudding (boiled or steamed cake or dessert)

Declension

Further reading

• pudding in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• pudding in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English pudding, from Old French boudin, of uncertain origin. Doublet of budín, pudín, and pudin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pudin/, [?pu.ð??n]
• Homophone: pudin

Noun

pudding m (plural puddings)

1. pudding (particularly British types)

Swedish

Etymology

From English pudding.

Noun

pudding c

1. A cake or dessert prepared by boiling or steaming.
2. Any of various savoury dishes prepared in a similar way to a sweet pudding.
3. A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.
4. (slang) An attractive person; a hottie.

Declension