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flan en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • /flæn/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (Southern-England) audio
  • /flan/ (British, Northern-England, Scotland, Southern, Standard, Wales)
  • /flɑn/ (General-American)

Etymology

Borrowed around 1846 from French flan (“cheesecake, custard tart, flan”), or in some uses (in reference to Spanish/Latin American flans) later from Spanish flan (itself from the French), both from Old French flaon (whence also Middle English flaon, flaun (“pie; cake”)), from Late Latin fladō (“flat cake”), from Frankish *flaþō (“flat cake”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“broad, flat”); compare German Fladen. Akin to Old High German flado (“flat cake, offering cake”). Doublet of flathe. Although the -n is generally believed to derive from the Late Latin accusative form (fladonem) of fladō (“flat cake”), it might alternatively derive from an inflected form of the Frankish word (such as the Frankish accusative *flaþan, or the like). For a similar case, see garden.

Meanings

  1. (Australia, UK) A baked tart with a sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case.
    • The menu includes a number of excellent fish dishes such as the […] broccoli flan. 2004, Shawn Blore, Alexandra de Vries, Frommer's Brazil, →ISBN, page 175:
  2. (Belize, US) A dessert of congealed custard, often topped with caramel, especially popular in Spanish-speaking countries.
  3. A coin die.

Forms

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flans Number=Plur lexicographic

Coordinates

quiche · planchet

Relateds

flathe · flawn · custard · leche flan · flathon

Synonyms

crème caramel

Translations (12)

es flan (custard dessert) · is bakaður búðingur (baked sweet or savoury tart) · fi avoin torttu (baked sweet or savoury tart) · bg плодова пита (baked sweet or savoury tart) · pt flã (baked sweet or savoury tart) · eo flaŭno (custard dessert) · ja カスタードプディング (custard dessert) · eo flano (baked sweet or savoury tart) · ja フラン (custard dessert) · fi karamellivanukas (custard dessert) · ja プリン (custard dessert) · id flan (baked sweet or savoury tart)

flan en · VERB · etymology 2

Meanings

  1. To splay or bevel internally, as a window-pane.

Forms

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flans Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
flanning Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
flanned Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
flanned Tense=Past lexicographic

Deriveds

flanning

flan en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • /flæn/

Etymology

English, from a slip of the tongue by actor Nathan Fillion.

Meanings

  1. (informal, slang) A fan of the U.S. TV series Firefly.
    • I'm glad this wasn't the first flan group I came across or I would never have realised the great nature of the majority of browncoasts.^([sic]) 2007 January 21, Tal, “Re: Nude Jewel Staite? Close enough.”, in alt.tv.firefly (Usenet):
    • (some) Firefly flans call themselves Browncoats (Remember, the hot movie from Universal is out this September! :) 2005 January 29, P. Burrows, “Re: Name for Lost fans?”, in rec.arts.sf.tv (Usenet):
    • For what it's worth, I'm 27 and am a huge Firefly/Serenity flan. 2006 June 18, Geoff Aldrich, “Re: SciFi promotion [Was Firefly fans skew older?]”, in alt.tv.firefly (Usenet):

Forms

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flans Number=Plur lexicographic

Synonyms

Browncoat

wikipedia: Nathan Fillion