entremets

English

Alternative forms

• entremes, entermes, entermets (all obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from French entremets. Replaced earlier Middle English entermes, from Old French entremés.

Pronunciation

• (singular) IPA^(key): /ˈɑn.tɹəˌmeɪ/, /ˌɑn.tɹəˈmeɪ/ (plural) IPA^(key): /ˈɑn.tɹəˌmeɪz/, /ˌɑn.tɹəˈmeɪz/
• Hyphenation: en‧tre‧mets

Noun

entremets (countable and uncountable, plural entremets)

1. A side dish (often of vegetables), or a small dish of savories served between courses.
2. A dessert.
   • 1879 December 5, George Augustus [Henry] Sala, “Fashion and Food in New York”, in America Revisited, volume I, London: Vizetelly & Co., published 1882, →OCLC; 3rd edition, →OCLC, page 90:

     I dined at Delmonico's hard by the Fifth-avenue Hotel, a few nights ago; and among the dainties which that consummate caterer favoured us with, was an entremet called an "Alaska." The "Alaska" is a baked ice. A beau mentir qui vient de loin; but this is no traveller's tale. The nucleus or core of the entremet is an ice cream. This is surrounded by an envelope of carefully whipped cream, which, just before the dainty dish is served, is popped into the oven, or is brought under the scorching influence of a red hot salamander; so that its surface is covered with a light brown crust.

   • 1884, Arthur Robert Kenney-Herbert, Sweet Dishes: A Little Treatise on Confectionery and Entremets Sucrés:

     Elaborate entremets are composed with three, and even four, differently coloured and flavoured ices. […] This delicious entremets is a combination of four ices.

Derived terms

• entremet

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, see entre + mets.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.tʁə.mɛ/

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Noun

entremets m (invariable)

1. entremets

Verb

entremets

1. first/second-person singular present indicative of entremettre

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French entremets.

Noun

entremets m (invariable)

1. entremets