clafoutis

English

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French clafoutis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɑfuːˈtiː/

Noun

clafoutis (uncountable)

1. A French dessert made by baking fresh fruit (traditionally cherries) with a batter.

French

un clafoutis aux cerises

Alternative forms

• clafouti (rare)

Etymology

Dialectal, from Old French claufir (“to hold in place with nails”), because the cherries look like nails in the cake, from Latin clavo (“nail”) figere (“to fix”).

19th century nail heads, Languedoc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kla.fu.ti/

Noun

clafoutis m (plural clafoutis)

1. (cooking) clafoutis (type of dessert cake made with fresh fruits and batter)

Descendants

• English: clafoutis

Further reading

• “clafoutis”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• clafoutis on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr