flambe
See also: flambé
English
Adjective
flambe (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of flambé
Noun
flambe (plural flambes)
- Alternative spelling of flambé
Verb
flambe (third-person singular simple present flambes, present participle flambeing, simple past and past participle flambeed or flambed)
- Alternative spelling of flambé
Anagrams
- famble
French
Etymology
Dissimilated form of Old French flamble, from Latin flammula, diminutive of flamma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /flɑ̃b/
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Noun
flambe f (plural flambes)
- a kind of iris flower.[1]
- a sword with a curved blade.[1]
- (archaic or dialectal) a high, clear flame.[1]
- (cant) game
Verb
flambe
- inflection of flamber:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Derived terms
- flamber
- flambeau
References
- “flambe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading
- “flambe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
Etymology
From French flambé, flamber, from Old French flammer, from Latin flamma.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈflam.be]
- Hyphenation: flam‧bé
Noun
flambe (first-person possessive flambeku, second-person possessive flambemu, third-person possessive flambenya)
- (cooking) flambé: a showy cooking technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited.
Further reading
- “flambe” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Middle English
Noun
flambe
- Alternative form of flawme
Verb
flambe
- Alternative form of flawmen
Middle French
Alternative forms
- flamme
Etymology
From Old French flamble, from Latin flammula, diminutive of flamma.
Noun
flambe f (plural flambes)
- flame
Descendants
- French: flambe