flamber

== French == === Etymology === From flambe +‎ -er, replacing Old French flammer. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /flɑ̃.be/ === Verb === flamber (transitive) to flame, flambé (transitive, figuratively) to squander money, especially on gambling (transitive, figuratively) (of costs, rates, etc) to rise sharply; to surge; to skyrocket (intransitive) to burn, blaze to buckle ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== tarte flambée ==== Descendants ==== ⇒ Czech: flambovat ⇒ Dutch: flamberen === Further reading === “flamber”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012