flan
English
Etymology 1
[1846] Borrowed from French flan (“cheesecake, custard tart, flan”) (partially via Spanish flan, itself from the French), from Old French flaon (> Middle English flaon, flaun (“pie; cake”)), from Late Latin fladō (“flat cake”), from Frankish flado, flatho (“flat cake”), from Proto-Germanic *flaþô (“flat cake”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂t- (“broad, flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to spread out, be broad, be flat”). Akin to Old High German flado (“flat cake, offering cake”). More at flathe. The word has largely displaced its doublets flathe and flawn.
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Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -æn, -ɑːn
Noun
flan (plural flans)
- (UK, US) Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case. (Compare quiche.)
- 2004, Shawn Blore, Alexandra de Vries, Frommer's Brazil →ISBN, page 175:
- The menu includes a number of excellent fish dishes such as the […] broccoli flan.
- 2004, Shawn Blore, Alexandra de Vries, Frommer's Brazil →ISBN, page 175:
- (US, Belize) A dessert of congealed custard, often topped with caramel, especially popular in Spanish-speaking countries.
- (numismatics) A coin die
Synonyms
- (dessert): crème caramel
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Etymology 2
English, from a slip of the tongue by actor Nathan Fillion.
Pronunciation
Noun
flan (plural flans)
- (informal) A fan of U.S. TV series Firefly; a Browncoat.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:flan.
References
- Nathan Fillion interview at an In Good Company premiere, 28 December 2004 (IESB.net video) (Wikiquote transcription)
French
Etymology
From Old French flaon, from Late Latin fladō (“flat cake”), from Frankish *flado (“flat cake”), from Proto-Germanic *flaþô (“flat, broad”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂t- (“broad, flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to spread out, be broad, be flat”). Akin to Old High German flado (“flat cake, offering cake”) (German Fladen), Dutch vla (“baked custard”).
Pronunciation
Noun
flan m (plural flans)
Further reading
- “flan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
Noun
flan
- Alternative form of flon
Old English
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *flainaz (“hook, spear with a tip”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleyn- (“metal arrow, hook, spear-head”). Akin to Old Norse fleinn (“hook, barbed weapon, javelin, arrow”).
Pronunciation
Noun
flān m or f
- a barb
- a javelin
- an arrow; dart
- Judith:
- Hie ða fromlice leton forð fleogan flana scuras.
- Then they promptly let fly showers of arrows.
- Judith:
Declension
(when masculine)
(when feminine)
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Spanish
Etymology
From French flan, from Old French flaon, from Late Latin fladō (“flat cake”), from Frankish *flado (“flat cake”), from Proto-Germanic *flaþô (“flat, broad”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂t- (“broad, flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to spread out, be broad, be flat”).
Pronunciation
Noun
flan m (plural flanes)
Derived terms
- flancito (diminutive)
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