parfait
See also: Parfait
English
Etymology
From French parfait (“perfect”). Doublet of perfect.
Noun
parfait (plural parfaits)
- A French parfait (parfait glacé), an iced dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, cream, and flavouring (usually fruit), sometimes with the addition of a liqueur.
- An American parfait, a layered dessert often consisting of fruit, ice cream, pastries, whipped topping, etc. and served in a glass, often a parfait glass.
- (UK) A smooth pâté, usually made from liver and flavoured with liqueurs.
Quotations
- 2005, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback edition, page 379
- Brad hesitated, peering at the grid of spun sugar that jutted from his loganberry parfait.
Translations
an iced dessert
Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from French parfait (“perfect”).
Pronunciation
Noun
parfait
Declension
Inflection of parfait (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | parfait | parfait’t | |
genitive | parfait’n | parfait’iden parfait’itten | |
partitive | parfait’ta | parfait’ita | |
illative | parfait’hen | parfait’ihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | parfait | parfait’t | |
accusative | nom. | parfait | parfait’t |
gen. | parfait’n | ||
genitive | parfait’n | parfait’iden parfait’itten | |
partitive | parfait’ta | parfait’ita | |
inessive | parfait’ssa | parfait’issa | |
elative | parfait’sta | parfait’ista | |
illative | parfait’hen | parfait’ihin | |
adessive | parfait’lla | parfait’illa | |
ablative | parfait’lta | parfait’ilta | |
allative | parfait’lle | parfait’ille | |
essive | parfait’na | parfait’ina | |
translative | parfait’ksi | parfait’iksi | |
abessive | parfait’tta | parfait’itta | |
instructive | — | parfait’in | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French
Etymology
Pronunciation
Verb
parfait (feminine parfaite, masculine plural parfaits, feminine plural parfaites)
Adjective
parfait (feminine parfaite, masculine plural parfaits, feminine plural parfaites)
- perfect (exactly right)
- Le déjeuner était parfait.
- The lunch was perfect.
- Le déjeuner était parfait.
Noun
parfait m (plural parfaits)
See also
Further reading
- “parfait”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
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Noun
parfait m (plural parfaits)
Old French
Adjective
parfait m (oblique and nominative feminine singular parfaite)
- perfect (faultless; without imperfection)
Descendants
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