croquembouche

croquembouche

See also: croquenbouche

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French croquembouche (literally “crunch-in-mouth”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɹɒkɒmˈbuːʃ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɹɑkəmˈbuʃ/
• Rhymes: -uːʃ

Noun

croquembouche (plural croquembouches)

1. A French dessert made by piling profiteroles and other crunchy sweets in a tall shape, then pouring caramel over them to hold them in place.

Translations

French dessert made from a pile of profiteroles coated with caramel

Catalan: pastís de lioneses m Chinese: Mandarin: 泡芙塔 (pàofú tǎ) Finnish: krokaani (fi) French: croquembouche (fr) m German: Croquembouche m, Krachgebäck n

Japanese: クロカンブッシュ (kurokanbusshu), クロカンブーシュ (kurokanbūshu) Persian: کروکمبوش‎ (krokambuš) Russian: крокембу́ш m (krokembúš) Swedish: krokan (sv) c Thai: ครอก็องบุช (krɔɔ-gɔng-bùch)

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French

Alternative forms

• croqu'en-bouche (obsolete)

• croque-en-bouche (obsolete)

• croquenbouche (obsolete)

Etymology

From croque (“crunches, crunch”, third person singular present indicative, or second person singular imperative, of croquer) +‎ en (“in”) +‎ bouche (“mouth”); literally “crunch-in-mouth”.
The current spelling came later than the others, and was first attested in 1845.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁɔ.kɑ̃.buʃ/
• Rhymes: -uʃ

Noun

croquembouche m (plural croquembouches)

1. croquembouche (French dessert made from a pile of profiteroles coated with caramel)

   Hypernym: pièce montée

Descendants

Descendants

• German: Croquembouche
• Hebrew: קְרוֹקָמְבּוּש‎ (krokambúsh)
• Japanese: クロカンブッシュ (kurokanbusshu), クロカンブーシュ (kurokanbūshu)
• Persian: کروکمبوش‎ (krokambuš)

• Russian: крокембу́ш (krokembúš)
• Swedish: krokan
  • Finnish: krokaani
• Thai: ครอก็องบุช (krɔɔ-gɔng-bùch)