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flan

(flăn, flän)

1. A custard that is baked in a caramel-lined mold and served chilled with the caramel side up. Also called crème caramel.

2. A tart with a filling of custard, fruit, or cheese.

3. A metal disk to be stamped as a coin; a blank.

[French, from Old French flaon, from Late Latin fladō, fladōn-, flat cake, of Germanic origin; see plat- in Indo-European roots.]

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flan

(flæn)

1. (Cookery) an open pastry or sponge tart filled with fruit or a savoury mixture

2. (Metallurgy) a piece of metal ready to receive the die or stamp in the production of coins; shaped blank; planchet

[C19: from French, from Old French flaon, from Late Latin fladō flat cake, of Germanic origin]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

flan

(flæn, flɑn; for 2 also flɑ̃)

n.

1. a Spanish dessert of baked sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.

2. an open, tartlike pastry, filled with cheese, custard, fruit, etc.

3. a piece of metal shaped ready to form a coin but not yet stamped by the die.

[1840–50; (< Sp) < French; Old French flaon < Late Latin fladōnem, acc. of fladō < Germanic]

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flan - open pastry filled with fruit or custard

afters, dessert, sweet - a dish served as the last course of a meal

Translations

فَطِيرَةٌ فْلاَن

koláč

tærte

torttu

otvoren voćni kolač

sformato torta

フラン

위를 덮지 않은 파이

mördegsbotten

คัสตาร์ด

turta

bánh flan

果馅饼

flan

[flæn] N → tarta f

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

flan

[ˈflæn] n (British) (sweet) → tarte f; (savoury) → quiche f, tarte f
a raspberry flan → une tarte aux framboises
a cheese and onion flan → une quiche au fromage et aux oignons

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

flan

n → Kuchen m; fruit flan → Obstkuchen m

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

flan

[flæn] n (Brit) (Culin) → flan m inv

flan

→ فَطِيرَةٌ فْلاَن koláč tærte Kuchen τάρτα flan, tarta torttu flan otvoren voćni kolač sformato フラン 위를 덮지 않은 파이 vlaai tertebunn flan flã, flan открытый пирог mördegsbotten คัสตาร์ด turta bánh flan 果馅饼

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