Creme Brulee Definition

krĕm bro͝o-lā
noun
A rich custard covered with a crust formed of caramelized sugar.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Creme Brulee

Noun

Singular:
creme brulee
Plural:
creme-brulees, crme-brles, crmes-brle, crmes-brles

Origin of Creme Brulee

  • French burnt cream crème cream brûlée burnt feminine past participle of brûler to burn

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Borrowing from French crème brûlée (literally “burnt cream”).

    From Wiktionary

  • French crème brûlée (“burnt cream").

    From Wiktionary

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