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flambé en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Borrowed from French flambé.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable) Being, or having been, flambéed.
2. (not-comparable, of Chinese porcelain) Decorated by glaze splashed or irregularly spread upon the surface, or apparently applied at the top and allowed to run down the sides.

Forms

Deriveds

Florida flambe

Translations (6)

pl flambirowany (being or having been flambéed) · fi liekitetty (being or having been flambéed) · sv flamberad (being or having been flambéed) · fi liekitettävä (being or having been flambéed) · pt flambado (being or having been flambéed) · fr flambé (being or having been flambéed)

flambé en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Borrowed from French flambé.

Meanings

1. A showy cooking technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited.
2. A flambéed dish.

Forms

Translations (14)

sv flambering (cooking technique) · pl flambirowanie (cooking technique) · id flambe (cooking technique) · ja フランベ (cooking technique) · fi flambeerattu ruokalaji (flambéed dish) · fi liekitys (cooking technique) · sv flambering (act of flambéing) · fi flambeeraus (act of flambéing) · fi liekitys (act of flambéing) · pl flambirowanie (act of flambéing) · fi flambeeraus (cooking technique) · fi liekitetty ruokalaji (flambéed dish) · pl flambirowana potrawa (flambéed dish) · ja フランベ (act of flambéing)

flambé en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Borrowed from French flambé.

Meanings

1. To cook with a showy technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited.
   • “Flambé the dessert”, ordered the Chef, “but take the dish off the heat before adding the brandy or you'll burn your eyebrows off.”

Forms

Relateds

flamboyant · flambeau

Translations (15)

de flambieren (to add and ignite alcohol to food) · it fiammeggiare (to add and ignite alcohol to food) · sv flambera (to add and ignite alcohol to food) · da flambere (to add and ignite alcohol to food) · ja フランベ (to add and ignite alcohol to food) · fr flamber (to add and ignite alcohol to food) · ca flamejar (to add and ignite alcohol to food) · pl flambirować (to add and ignite alcohol to food) · gl flamexar (to add and ignite alcohol to food) · es flambear (to add and ignite alcohol to food) · cs flambovat (to add and ignite alcohol to food) · pt flambar (to add and ignite alcohol to food) · fi liekittää (to add and ignite alcohol to food) · hu flambíroz (to add and ignite alcohol to food) · fi flambeerata (to add and ignite alcohol to food)