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flan.

flan, sweet pudding

4 characters1 syllables approx.Español language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈflan/[ˈflãn]
  1. flan, sweet pudding

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from French flan, from Old French flaon, from Late Latin fladō (“flat cake”), from Frankish *flaþō (“flat cake”), from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₂t- (“broad, flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂- (“to spread out, be broad, be flat”).

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