"flambe" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /flɑ̃b/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-flambe.wav Forms: flambes [plural]
Etymology: Dissimilated form of Old French flamble, from Latin flammula, diminutive of flamma. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|flamble}} Old French flamble, {{inh|fr|la|flammula}} Latin flammula Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} flambe f (plural flambes)
  1. a kind of iris flower. Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-flambe-fr-noun-ZOFaSaD2
  2. a sword with a curved blade. Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-flambe-fr-noun-y3glo-Ag
  3. (archaic or dialectal) a high, clear flame. Tags: archaic, dialectal, feminine
    Sense id: en-flambe-fr-noun-FRFU6z9Z
  4. (cant) game Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-flambe-fr-noun-bKXKt35w Categories (other): French cant

Verb

IPA: /flɑ̃b/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-Poslovitch-flambe.wav
Etymology: Dissimilated form of Old French flamble, from Latin flammula, diminutive of flamma. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|fro|flamble}} Old French flamble, {{inh|fr|la|flammula}} Latin flammula Head templates: {{head|fr|verb form}} flambe
  1. inflection of flamber:
    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular, subjunctive, third-person Form of: flamber
    Sense id: en-flambe-fr-verb-ZyuGI0kg Categories (other): Pages with entries, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 4 4 0 1 0 0 15 3 14 1 2 26 24 3 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 1 3 1 1 65 29
  2. inflection of flamber:
    second-person singular imperative
    Tags: form-of, imperative, second-person, singular Form of: flamber
    Sense id: en-flambe-fr-verb-y4VYnQmy
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: flamber, flambeau

Inflected forms

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        "a kind of iris flower."
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        "a high, clear flame."
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