flan

flan

F0165000 (flăn, flän)n.1. A custard that is baked in a caramel-lined mold and served chilled with the caramel side up. Also called crème caramel.2. A tart with a filling of custard, fruit, or cheese.3. A metal disk to be stamped as a coin; a blank.

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[French, from Old French flaon, from Late Latin fladō, fladōn-, flat cake, of Germanic origin; see plat- in Indo-European roots.]

flan

(flæn) n1. (Cookery) an open pastry or sponge tart filled with fruit or a savoury mixture2. (Metallurgy) a piece of metal ready to receive the die or stamp in the production of coins; shaped blank; planchet[C19: from French, from Old French flaon, from Late Latin fladō flat cake, of Germanic origin]

flan

(flæn, flɑn; for 2 also flɑ̃)

n. 1. a Spanish dessert of baked sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping. 2. an open, tartlike pastry, filled with cheese, custard, fruit, etc. 3. a piece of metal shaped ready to form a coin but not yet stamped by the die. [1840–50; (< Sp) < French; Old French flaon < Late Latin fladōnem, acc. of fladō < Germanic]

Thesaurus

Noun

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flan - open pastry filled with fruit or custardafters, dessert, sweet - a dish served as the last course of a meal

Translations

果馅饼

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