custard

English

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Etymology

Alteration of croustade.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈkʌs.tə(ɹ)d/, X-SAMPA: /"kVs.t@(r)d/

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Noun

custard (countable and uncountable; plural custards)

1. (uncountable) A type of sauce made from milk and eggs (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat, served hot poured over desserts, as a filling for some pies and cakes, or cold and solidified; also used as a base for some savoury dishes, such as quiches.
2. (countable) Any particular variety of custard.

Derived terms

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Translations

uncountable: sauce

• Arabic: كاسترد (ar) (kāstard) m
• Bulgarian: крем карамел (bg) (krem karamél) m
• Catalan: crema (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 蛋奶糕 (cmn) (dànnǎigāo), 奶黃 (cmn), 奶黄 (cmn) (nǎihuáng), 蛋奶凍 (cmn), 蛋奶冻 (cmn) (dànnǎidòng), 卡士達 (cmn), 卡士达 (cmn) (kǎshìdá), 軟凍 (cmn), 软冻 (cmn) (ruǎndòng), 卡斯塔德 (cmn) (kǎsītǎdé)

• Czech: pudink (cs) m
• Finnish: maitokiisseli (fi)

• French: crème anglaise (fr) f, crème pâtissière (fr) f, custard (fr) m
• German: Eierkrem (de) f
• Japanese: カスタード (ja) (kasutādo)
• Korean: 커스터드 (ko) (keoseuteodeu)
• Latvian: olu krēms (lv)
• Malay: kastard (ms)
• Russian: заварной крем (ru) (zavarnój krem) m, кастард (ru) (kástard) m
• Spanish: crema pastelera (es) f

countable: any variety of custard

• Japanese: カスタード (ja) (kasutādo)

See also

• bavarois
• crème brûlée
• crème caramel
• cream puff
• floating islands
• trifle
• panna cotta, pannacotta
• vanilla slice
• vla
• zabaglione