praline

See also: Praline, Praliné, and praliné

English

American-style pralines

Etymology

Borrowed from French praline.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɑː.liːn/, /ˈpɹeɪ.liːn/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹeɪˌlin/, /ˈpɹɑˌlin/, /pɹɑˈlin/
• (Louisiana) IPA^(key): /ˈpɹɔ.lin/, /ˈpɹɑ.lin/

Noun

praline (countable and uncountable, plural pralines)

1. A confection made from almonds and other nuts, caramelized sugar, and sometimes milk or cream.

   Hypernym: brittle

   • 1992 March 15, Frances Frank Marcus, “A Sweet Pleasure From New Orleans: The Praline”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN:

     A typical praline is roundish, about three inches in diameter and a half-inch thick. The taste is faintly regressive, reminiscent of the pleasure to be found in a peanut butter and jelly sandwich when one is ravenously hungry.

   • 2017 March 26, Nigel Slater, “Nigel Slater’s chocolate and praline recipes”, in The Guardian‎^[2]:

     And so it is with praline, that crunchy, sweet, nut brittle that marries so irresistibly with chocolate.

Derived terms

• pralined

Translations

confection

• Bulgarian: пралина f (pralina)
• Esperanto: pralino
• Finnish: praliini (fi)
• French: praline (fr) f, praliné (fr) m
• German: Praline (de) f, Praliné n
• Italian: pralina (it) f
• Japanese: プラリネ (purarine)
• Polish: pralina (pl) f
• Portuguese: pralinê m
• Romanian: pralină (ro) f
• Russian: пралине́ (ru) n (pralinɛ́)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: pralina f

• Spanish: bombón (es) m
• Swedish: pralin (sv)
• Yiddish: צוקער־מאַנדל m (tsuker-mandl)

Further reading

• praline on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• pearlin, plainer

Dutch

Etymology

From French praline.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /praː.ˈlin/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

praline f (plural pralines, diminutive pralinetje n)

1. filled chocolate (small piece of confectionery made from chocolate)

Anagrams

• plenair

French

pralines roses (1)

Belgian chocolate (2)

Etymology

From prasline, named after César de Choiseul, Comte du Plessis-Praslin (1602–1675) whose cook is credited with the invention of the recipe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pʁa.lin/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

praline f (plural pralines)

1. praline (confection made from almonds and other nuts and caramelized sugar)
2. (Belgium) Belgian chocolate

Derived terms

• cucul la praline
• pralin
• pralinage
• praliné
• praliner

 

Descendants

• → English: praline
• → German: Praline
• → Romanian: pralină

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

praline f pl

1. plural of pralina

Anagrams

• perlina, plenari