custard

English

Etymology

Alteration of croustade.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌs.təd/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈkʌs.tɚd/

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• Rhymes: -ʌstə(ɹ)d

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

Terms derived from custard

• confectioner's custard
• custard apple
• custard arm
• custard brains
• custard Christian
• custard-chucker
• custard coffin

• custard cream
• custard cup
• custard-cups
• custard glass
• custard pie
• custard powder
• custard tart

• custard winds
• custardy
• egg custard
• frozen custard
• fruit custard
• love custard
• turn to custard

Translations

uncountable: sauce

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

  Cantonese: 吉士 (gat¹ si^6-2), 吉士醬, 吉士酱 (gat¹ si^6-2 zoeng³) (custard sauce), 奶黃, 奶黄 (naai⁵ wong⁴) (thick egg custard filling in Chinese steamed buns)

  Mandarin: 卡士達, 卡士达 (kǎshìdá), 吉士 (zh) (jíshì), 奶油凍, 奶油冻 (nǎiyóudòng), 乳蛋糕 (rǔdàngāo), 奶黃, 奶黄 (nǎihuáng), 蛋羹 (dàngēng), 軟凍, 软冻 (ruǎndòng), 牛奶沙司 (niúnǎi shāsī), 蛋漿, 蛋浆 (dànjiāng), 蛋奶凍, 蛋奶冻 (dànnǎidòng)

• Czech: pudink (cs) m
• Finnish: vanukas
• French: crème anglaise (fr) f, crème pâtissière (fr) f, custard (fr) m
• Galician: crema (gl) f
• German: Eierkrem f
• Hungarian: sodó (hu)

• Italian: crema pasticcera f
• Japanese: カスタード (kasutādo)
• Korean: 커스터드 (keoseuteodeu)
• Latvian: olu krēms
• Malay: kastard
• Maori: kahetete, kātete
• Norwegian Bokmål: vaniljesaus m
• Persian: کاستارد (kâstârd)
• Portuguese: creme inglês m
• Russian: заварно́й крем m (zavarnój krem), ка́стард m (kástard)
• Spanish: crema pastelera f
• Welsh: cwstard m

countable: any variety of custard

• French: crème anglaise (fr) f, crème pâtissière (fr)
• Japanese: カスタード (kasutādo)

• Welsh: cwstard m

See also

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