"parfait" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈpɑːfeɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /pɑːˈfeɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈpɑɹfeɪ/ [General-American], /pɑɹˈfeɪ/ [General-American] Forms: parfaits [plural]
Etymology: From French parfait (“perfect”). Doublet of perfect. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|parfait||perfect}} French parfait (“perfect”), {{doublet|en|perfect}} Doublet of perfect Head templates: {{en-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. Categories (topical): Desserts Translations (an iced dessert): 芭菲 (baa¹ fei¹) (Chinese Cantonese), 芭菲 (bāfēi) (Chinese Mandarin), parfait [common-gender] (Danish), jäädyke (Finnish), parfait (Finnish), parfee (Finnish), parfé (Hungarian), パフェ (pafe) (Japanese), 파르페 (pareupe) (Korean), पार्फे (pārphe) [masculine] (Marathi), парфе́ (parfé) [neuter] (Russian), parfait [common-gender] (Swedish), parfe (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-parfait-en-noun-lxpvfm-U Disambiguation of Desserts: 44 54 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 56 36 8 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 35 12 Disambiguation of 'an iced dessert': 59 40 2
  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. Categories (topical): Desserts
    Sense id: en-parfait-en-noun-drgIvTm6 Disambiguation of Desserts: 44 54 2
  3. (UK) A smooth pâté, usually made from liver and flavoured with liqueurs. Tags: UK
    Sense id: en-parfait-en-noun-F-SF1fkh Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: parfait spoon Related terms: parfait amour, parfait d'amour

Inflected forms

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