berlingot

English

Etymology

From French berlingot.

Noun

berlingot (plural berlingots)

1. A hard candy made from caramel, usually in pyramidal form.

Anagrams

• boltering, interblog, rebolting

French

Etymology

Originally berlinguaux (“kind of pastry”), most probably from Italian berlingozzo (“kind of pastry”), itself from berlingo, a borrowing from Old French brelenc: brelan in modern French.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛʁ.lɛ̃.ɡo/

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Noun

berlingot m (plural berlingots)

1. berlingot
2. a plastic-coated paper carton for packaging liquids; a Tetra Pak

Further reading

• “berlingot”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.