flambe

See also: flambé

English

Adjective

flambe (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of flambé.

Noun

flambe (plural flambes)

  1. Alternative spelling of flambé.

Verb

flambe (third-person singular simple present flambes, present participle flambeing, simple past and past participle flambeed or flambed)

  1. Alternative spelling of flambé.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Dissimilated form of Old French flamble, from Latin flammula, diminutive of flamma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /flɑ̃b/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

flambe f (plural flambes)

  1. a kind of iris flower.[1]
  2. a sword with a curved blade.[1]
  3. (archaic or dialectal) a high, clear flame.[1]
  4. (cant) game

Verb

flambe

  1. inflection of flamber:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Derived terms

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 flambe”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Further reading

Indonesian

Etymology

From French flambé, flamber, from Old French flammer, from Latin flamma.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈflam.be]
  • Hyphenation: flam‧bé

Noun

flambe (plural flambe-flambe)

  1. (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

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

flambe

  1. alternative form of flawme

Etymology 2

Verb

flambe

  1. alternative form of flawmen

Middle French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old French flamble, from Latin flammula, diminutive of flamma.

Noun

flambe f (plural flambes)

  1. flame

Descendants

  • French: flambe

Portuguese

Verb

flambe

  1. inflection of flambar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative