fleur de sel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French fleur de sel (literally “salt flower, salt blossom”).

Noun

fleur de sel (plural fleurs de sel)

1. Floating salt crystals skimmed from the surface of evaporation ponds, used in cooking.
   • 2002, Mark Kurlansky, Salt: A World History:

     Egyptian salt from Alexandria was highly appreciated, especially their fleur de sel, the light crystals skimmed off the surface of the water.

   • 2019 May 23, Zoe Williams, “Posh salt is having a moment – does enjoying it make me pretentious?”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     Fleur de sel is less bitter than regular sea salt, they say, because it has very little magnesium.

Translations

Translations

• Catalan: flor de sal f
• Esperanto: salfloro
• French: fleur de sel (fr) f
• Portuguese: flor de sal f
• Spanish: flor de sal f

Further reading

• fleur de sel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Literally, “salt flower”.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /flœʁ də sɛl/

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Noun

fleur de sel f (plural fleurs de sel)

1. fleur de sel