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

• 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)

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

Verb

flambe

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

Derived terms

• flamber
• flambeau

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)

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

• “flambe” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

flambe

1. Alternative form of flawme

Etymology 2

Verb

flambe

1. 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)

1. flame

Descendants

• French: flambe