crème brûlée

== English == === Alternative forms === creme brulee, crème brulée === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French crème brûlée (literally “burnt cream”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɹɛm bɹuˈleɪ/ === Noun === crème brûlée (countable and uncountable, plural crème brûlées or crèmes brûlées or crèmes brûlée) A dessert of custard, covered by a brittle layer of browned sugar. Synonyms: brûlée, burnt cream, Cambridge cream, Trinity cream ==== Usage notes ==== Concerning plural forms: crèmes brûlées follows the French plural, which requires that the adjective (brûlée(s) (“burnt”)) agree in number with the noun it modifies (crème(s) (“cream(s)”)); crème brûlées treats the phrase as a headless English noun, regularly suffixing -s to form its plural; whereas crèmes brûlée retains the nominal head, forming a plural by suffixation of the noun, per English grammar. ==== Translations ==== == French == === Alternative forms === crème brulée (post-1990 spelling) === Etymology === Literally, "burnt cream." === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʁɛm bʁy.le/ === Noun === crème brûlée f (plural crèmes brûlées) crème brûlée == Polish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French crème brûlée. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkrɛm ˈbri.lɛ/ Syllabification: [please specify syllabification manually] === Noun === crème brûlée m inan (indeclinable) crème brûlée === Further reading === “crème brûlée”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN “crème brûlée”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎[3] (in Polish) == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === creme brulée === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from French crème brûlée. === Noun === crème brûlée m (uncountable) crème brûlée (dessert)