ramekin.
A small glass or earthenware dish, often white and circular, in which food is baked and served.
Meaning & usage
A small glass or earthenware dish, often white and circular, in which food is baked and served.
A cheese- or meat-based dish baked in a small mold.
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from French ramequin, from dialectal Dutch rammeken (“cheese dish”) (compare Dutch rameken (“toasted bread”)) or Low German ramken (“cream”), equivalent to ream + -kin. Compare mannequin/mannikin, and compare creamer.
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.