"blancmange" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /bləˈmɒndʒ/ [UK], /bləˈmɒnʒ/ [UK], /bləˈmɑndʒ/ [US], /bləˈmɑnʒ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-blancmange.wav Forms: blancmanges [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English blancmanger, blomanger, from Old French blanc mangier (“white food”). The pudding evolved from the chicken dish. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|blancmanger}} Middle English blancmanger, {{der|en|fro|blanc mangier|t=white food}} Old French blanc mangier (“white food”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} blancmange (countable and uncountable, plural blancmanges)
  1. A simple dessert made by cooking sweetened milk with cornstarch and vanilla. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (dessert): pudink [masculine] (Czech), blanc-manger (Finnish), kermahyytelö (Finnish), blanc-manger [masculine] (French), Blancmanger [neuter] (German), Mandelsulz [feminine] (German), similar is also Weinsulz [feminine] (German), biancomangiare [masculine] (Italian), blamanż [masculine] (Polish), manjar blanco [masculine] (Spanish), blancmangé [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-blancmange-en-noun-yALKPlsV Disambiguation of 'dessert': 94 6
  2. (historical) A dish, eaten in the Middle Ages, generally consisting of chicken (or sometimes capon or fish), milk or almond milk, rice, and sugar. Tags: countable, historical, uncountable Categories (topical): Desserts Translations (historical white meat dish): إِسْفِيدَبَاج (ʔisfīdabāj) (english: contemporary term) [masculine] (Arabic), blanc-manger (Finnish), manjar blanco [masculine] (Spanish), blancmangé [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-blancmange-en-noun-bFY0PTJJ Disambiguation of Desserts: 33 67 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 96 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 10 90 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 7 93 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 96 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 11 89 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 18 82 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 5 95 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 9 91 Disambiguation of 'historical white meat dish': 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: blanc manger [historical], blanc-manger [historical], blancmanger [historical] Derived forms: blancmange curve, blancmangey

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "word": "إِسْفِيدَبَاج"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "historical white meat dish",
      "word": "blanc-manger"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "historical white meat dish",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "manjar blanco"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "historical white meat dish",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "blancmangé"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "blancmange"
  ],
  "word": "blancmange"
}

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