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ramekin en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio
• /ˈɹæm(ɪ)kɪn/

Etymology

Borrowed from French ramequin, from dialectal Dutch rammeken (“cheese dish”) (compare Dutch rameken (“toasted bread”)) or Low German ramken (“cream”), equivalent to ream + -kin. Compare mannequin/mannikin, and compare creamer.

Meanings

1. A small glass or earthenware dish, often white and circular, in which food is baked and served.
   • The starters have arrived, two triangles of buttered brown bread and a neat little ramekin of crab buried under a haystack of cress, which Smith promptly relocates so that she can sprinkle it over each mouthful. 2023 July 15, Josh Noble, “‘Life is not a bowl of cherries’”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
   • Setting the soufflés before us, the waitress warns that the ramekins are hot. 2025 May 3, Leila Abboud, “Lunch with the FT: Jean-Luc Mélenchon”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3:
2. A cheese- or meat-based dish baked in a small mold.

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Translations (18)

pl kokilka (small dish for baking in oven) · bg гювече́ (small dish for baking in oven) · fi annosvuoka (small dish for baking in oven) · pl zapiekanka (cheese- or meat-based dish baked in a small mold) · id ramekin (small dish for baking in oven) · bg рамеки́н (small dish for baking in oven) · nl ovenschaaltje (small dish for baking in oven) · fr ramequin (small dish for baking in oven) · sv portionsform (small dish for baking in oven) · mi tapoti (small dish for baking in oven) · ja ラムキン (small dish for baking in oven) · lt ramekinas (small dish for baking in oven) · ja ラムカン (small dish for baking in oven) · bg гювече́ (cheese- or meat-based dish baked in a small mold) · de Soufflé-Förmchen (small dish for baking in oven) · ru рамеки́н (small dish for baking in oven) · de Auflaufförmchen (small dish for baking in oven) · it pirottino (small dish for baking in oven)