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ramequin.

ramekin (dish for baking in oven)

8 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/ʁam.kɛ̃/
  1. ramekin (dish for baking in oven)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch rammeken (“toasted bread”) or Middle Low German ramken (“cream”), from rame, rōme (“cream”), from Old Saxon *rōm (“cream”), from Proto-West Germanic *raum, from Proto-Germanic *raumaz (“cream”), from Proto-Indo-European *rewǝgh- (“to sour”). Cognate with Old High German roum (“cream”), Old English rēam (“cream”). More at ream.

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