flan
noun/flæn/
/flæn/, /flɑːn/
[countable, uncountable]- (especially British English) an open pie made of pastry or cake filled with eggs and cheese, fruit, etc.
- a mushroom/strawberry flan
- Have some more flan.
- (North American English) (British English crème caramel)a cold dessert (= a sweet dish) made from milk, eggs and sugarTopics Foodc2
Word Originmid 19th cent.: from French (originally denoting a round cake) from Old French flaon, from medieval Latin flado, fladon-, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlade ‘custard’.
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