flambé
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flambé
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Borrowed from French flambé.
adjective flambe
- Being, or having been, flambéed.
- Decorated by glaze splashed or irregularly spread upon the surface, or apparently applied at the top and allowed to run down the sides.
noun flambés · flambe
- A showy cooking technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited.
- A flambéed dish.
verb flambés · flambéing · flambéed · flambéd
- To cook with a showy technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited. “Flambé the dessert”, ordered the Chef, “but take the dish off the heat before adding the brandy or you'll burn your eyebrows off.”
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noun cooking technique
| 日本語 | フランベ furanbe |
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noun act of flambéing
| 日本語 | フランベ furambe |
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verb to add and ignite alcohol to food
| Español | flambear |
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| 日本語 | フランベ furambe |
| Português | flambar |
| Français | flamber |
| Deutsch | flambieren |
| Italiano | fiammeggiare |
Talk about this word "flambé." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/flamb%C3%A9. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. flambé. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/flamb%C3%A9 "flambé." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/flamb%C3%A9.
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@misc{flambe_2026,
title = {flambé},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/flamb%C3%A9},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
