"crème brûlée" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kɹɛm bɹuˈleɪ/ Audio: en-ca-creme brulee.ogg [Canada], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Rho9998-crème brûlée.wav [UK] Forms: crème brûlées [plural], crèmes brûlées [plural], crèmes brûlée [plural]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from French crème brûlée (literally “burnt cream”). Etymology templates: {{ubor|en|fr|crème brûlée|lit=burnt cream}} Unadapted borrowing from French crème brûlée (literally “burnt cream”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|crèmes brûlées|crèmes brûlée}} crème brûlée (countable and uncountable, plural crème brûlées or crèmes brûlées or crèmes brûlée)
  1. A dessert of custard, covered by a brittle layer of browned sugar. Wikipedia link: crème brûlée Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Desserts Synonyms: brûlée, burnt cream, Cambridge cream, Trinity cream, creme brulee, crème brulée Translations (dessert): كريم بروليه (krēm brūlé) (Arabic), كريم بروليه (krēm brūlē) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), крем брюле́ (krem brjulé) [masculine] (Bulgarian), crema cremada [feminine] (Catalan), 焦糖奶油 (jiāotáng nǎiyóu) (Chinese Mandarin), crème brûlée [masculine] (Czech), crème brûlée (Dutch), crème brûlée (Finnish), paahtovanukas (Finnish), crème brûlée [feminine] (French), Crème brulée [feminine] (German), Crème brûlée [feminine] (German), égetett krém (Hungarian), crème brûlée [feminine] (Italian), クレームブリュレ (kurēmuburyure) (Japanese), 크렘 브륄레 (keurem beurwille) (Korean), krembriulė [feminine] (Lithuanian), क्रेम ब्रूले (krem brūle) (Marathi), crème brûlée [masculine] (Polish), crème brûlée (Portuguese), крем-брюле́ (krem-brjulé) [neuter] (Russian), crema catalana [feminine] (Spanish), crème brûlée [common-gender] (Swedish), kem cháy (Vietnamese)

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