flambe

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English

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Adjective

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flambe (not comparable)

  1. Alternative spelling of flambé

Noun

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flambe (plural flambes)

  1. Alternative spelling of flambé

Verb

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

  1. Alternative spelling of flambé

Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /flɑ̃b/
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Noun

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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

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flambe

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

Derived terms

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References

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

Further reading

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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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

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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flambe

  1. Alternative form of flawme

Etymology 2

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Verb

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flambe

  1. Alternative form of flawmen

Middle French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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

Noun

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flambe f (plural flambes)

  1. flame

Descendants

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  • French: flambe