Christmas pudding

noun

A rich dessert traditionally eaten at Christmas, made from dried fruit and nuts.

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plum pudding
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Meanings

nounChristmas pudding (countable and uncountable, plural Christmas puddings)

plural Christmas puddings

  1. countableuncountableA rich dessert traditionally eaten at Christmas, made from dried fruit and nuts.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna rich steamed or boiled pudding that resembles cake

Similar
plum pudding
Broader
pudding
Also see
plum pudding

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Catalan púding de Nadal
  • púding de Nadalrich dessert traditionally eaten at Christmas
Chinese Mandarin 聖誕布丁 /圣诞布丁
  • 聖誕布丁 /圣诞布丁 (shèngdàn bùdīng)rich dessert traditionally eaten at Christmas
Finnish Christmas pudding, jouluvanukas
  • Christmas puddingrich dessert traditionally eaten at Christmas
  • jouluvanukasrich dessert traditionally eaten at Christmas
French pudding de Noël
  • pudding de Noëlrich dessert traditionally eaten at Christmas
Irish maróg Nollag
  • maróg Nollagrich dessert traditionally eaten at Christmas
Italian budino di Natale, budino natalizio
  • budino di Natalerich dessert traditionally eaten at Christmas
  • budino nataliziorich dessert traditionally eaten at Christmas
Japanese クリスマスプディング
  • クリスマスプディング (Kurisumasu pudingu)rich dessert traditionally eaten at Christmas
Korean 크리스마스 푸딩
  • 크리스마스 푸딩 (keuriseumaseu puding)rich dessert traditionally eaten at Christmas
Polish Christmas pudding
  • Christmas puddingrich dessert traditionally eaten at Christmas
Swedish julpudding, plumpudding
  • julpuddingrich dessert traditionally eaten at Christmas
  • plumpuddingrich dessert traditionally eaten at Christmas
Welsh pwdin Nadolig
  • pwdin Nadoligrich dessert traditionally eaten at Christmas
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APA

Christmas pudding. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Christmas%20pudding

MLA

“Christmas pudding.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Christmas%20pudding. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Christmas pudding,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Christmas%20pudding.

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