"caramel" meaning in French

See caramel in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ka.ʁa.mɛl/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-0x010C-caramel.wav Forms: caramels [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish caramelo, derived from Portuguese caramelo, probably derived from Late Latin calamellus, and therefore doublet of the inherited chalumeau. Etymology templates: {{bor+|fr|es|caramelo}} Borrowed from Spanish caramelo, {{glossary|derived terms|derived}} derived, {{der|fr|pt|caramelo|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Portuguese caramelo, {{der+|fr|pt|caramelo|nocap=1}} derived from Portuguese caramelo, {{glossary|derived terms|derived}} derived, {{der|fr|LL.|calamellus|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Late Latin calamellus, {{der+|fr|LL.|calamellus|nocap=1}} derived from Late Latin calamellus, {{doublet|fr|chalumeau|notext=1}} chalumeau Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} caramel m (plural caramels)
  1. fudge; caramel (confection) Tags: masculine Derived forms: caraméliser
    Sense id: en-caramel-fr-noun-ql9T8zvY Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Sweets

Inflected forms

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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "karamel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: karamel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: karamel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "karamel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: karamel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: karamel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "karamelli",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: karamelli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: karamelli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "karamel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: karamel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: karamel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "caramel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: caramel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: caramel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Karamell",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Karamell",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Karamell"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "karamell",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: karamell",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: karamell"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "karamell",
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          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: karamell",
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      "text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: karamell"
    },
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "karmel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: karmel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: karmel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
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            "1": "ru",
            "2": "караме́ль",
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          },
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    },
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      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "karamell",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: karamell",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: karamell"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "karamel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: karamel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: karamel"
    }
  ],
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        "1": "fr",
        "2": "es",
        "3": "caramelo"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Spanish caramelo",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "derived terms",
        "2": "derived"
      },
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    },
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        "2": "pt",
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "1": "fr",
        "2": "pt",
        "3": "caramelo",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "derived terms",
        "2": "derived"
      },
      "expansion": "derived",
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        "1": "fr",
        "2": "LL.",
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        "4": "",
        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin calamellus",
      "name": "der"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "calamellus",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
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      "name": "der+"
    },
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      "args": {
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        "2": "chalumeau",
        "notext": "1"
      },
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      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "caramel m (plural caramels)",
      "name": "fr-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ca‧ra‧mel"
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 4 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Sweets",
          "orig": "fr:Sweets",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "word": "caraméliser"
        }
      ],
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        "fudge; caramel (confection)"
      ],
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          "fudge",
          "fudge"
        ],
        [
          "caramel",
          "caramel#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/ka.ʁa.mɛl/"
    },
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    }
  ],
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}
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    {
      "word": "caraméliser"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cs",
            "2": "karamel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Czech: karamel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Czech: karamel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "da",
            "2": "karamel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Danish: karamel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Danish: karamel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fi",
            "2": "karamelli",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Finnish: karamelli",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Finnish: karamelli"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "karamel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: karamel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: karamel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "caramel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: caramel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: caramel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Karamell",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Karamell",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Karamell"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nb",
            "2": "karamell",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: karamell",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Bokmål: karamell"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nn",
            "2": "karamell",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: karamell",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Norwegian Nynorsk: karamell"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pl",
            "2": "karmel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Polish: karmel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Polish: karmel"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "караме́ль",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: караме́ль (karamélʹ)\n→ Armenian: կարամել (karamel)\n→ Kazakh: карамель (karamel)\n→ Ukrainian: караме́ль (karamélʹ)",
          "name": "desctree"
        }
      ],
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    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sv",
            "2": "karamell",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Swedish: karamell",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Swedish: karamell"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "tr",
            "2": "karamel",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Turkish: karamel",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Turkish: karamel"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "es",
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      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Spanish caramelo",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
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        "2": "derived"
      },
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        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Portuguese caramelo",
      "name": "der"
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        "2": "pt",
        "3": "caramelo",
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      "expansion": "derived from Portuguese caramelo",
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    {
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        "1": "derived terms",
        "2": "derived"
      },
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        "2": "LL.",
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        "5": "",
        "g": "",
        "g2": "",
        "g3": "",
        "id": "",
        "lit": "",
        "nocat": "",
        "pos": "",
        "sc": "",
        "sort": "",
        "tr": "",
        "ts": ""
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin calamellus",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "LL.",
        "3": "calamellus",
        "nocap": "1"
      },
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      "name": "der+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "chalumeau",
        "notext": "1"
      },
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    }
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  "forms": [
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "ca‧ra‧mel"
  ],
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  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "French countable nouns",
        "French doublets",
        "French entries with incorrect language header",
        "French lemmas",
        "French masculine nouns",
        "French nouns",
        "French terms borrowed from Spanish",
        "French terms derived from Late Latin",
        "French terms derived from Portuguese",
        "French terms derived from Spanish",
        "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "Pages with 4 entries",
        "Pages with entries",
        "fr:Sweets"
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        "fudge; caramel (confection)"
      ],
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          "fudge",
          "fudge"
        ],
        [
          "caramel",
          "caramel#English"
        ]
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
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      "ipa": "/ka.ʁa.mɛl/"
    },
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    }
  ],
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}

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