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flan.

baked custard tart

4 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/flɑ̃//flã/Quebec
  1. baked custard tart

    masculine
  2. coin die

    masculine
  3. planchet (coin blank)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Inherited 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”). Akin to Old High German flado (“flat cake, offering cake”) (German Fladen), Dutch vla (“baked custard”).

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