Etymology

fleur de sel

Today it means: Floating salt crystals skimmed from the surface of evaporation ponds, used in cooking. Full definition →

French fleur de sel
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  1. French · borrowed fromfleur de sel
  2. English todayfleur de sel

Borrowed from French fleur de sel (literally “salt flower, salt blossom”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.