charlotte

See also: Charlotte

English

Borrowed from French charlotte,^[1] or possibly from Middle English charlet, charlette (“dish made from eggs, meat, milk, etc.”), probably from Old French char laitée (“meat with milk”).^[2]^[3]

charlotte (plural charlottes)

A dessert consisting of sponge cake filled with fruit, and cream or custard.
- 1995 November 26, Florence Fabricant, “Sweet Charlottes for Dessert”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:
  A charlotte consists of a mold lined with buttered bread, filled with a fruit mixture and baked. […] A savory charlotte, also made with a bread lining, is an excellent way to dress up ratatouille, especially if picked up from a catering shop.

dessert consisting of sponge cake filled with fruit, and cream or custard

^ “charlotte”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
^ “charlet(te, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 19 June 2018; see A[bram] Smythe Palmer (1882) “Charlotte”, in Folk-etymology: A Dictionary of Verbal Corruptions or Words Perverted in Form or Meaning, by False Derivation or Mistaken Analogy, London: George Bell and Sons, […], →OCLC, page 59, column 2.
^ Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “charlotte”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

From the female forename Charlotte,^[1] or from Old French char laitée (“meat with milk”):^[2] char (“meat”) + laitée (“milk”).

charlotte f (plural charlottes)

^ Etymology and history of “charlotte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
^ “charlet(te, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 19 June 2018; see A[bram] Smythe Palmer (1882) “Charlotte”, in Folk-etymology: A Dictionary of Verbal Corruptions or Words Perverted in Form or Meaning, by False Derivation or Mistaken Analogy, London: George Bell and Sons, […], →OCLC, page 59, column 2.