Meanings
custard1
nouncustard (countable and uncountable, plural custards)
plural custards
- countableuncountableA type of sauce made from milk and eggs (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat, served hot poured over desserts, as a filling for some pies and cakes, or cold and solidified; also used as a base for some savoury dishes, such as quiches, or eaten as a stand-alone dessert; egg custard.
- broadlycountableuncountableA similar sauce made from milk and cornflour or custard powder (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat.
Custard2
Origin
Alteration of croustade.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans vla
- vlasauce
Arabic كَاسْتَرْد
- كَاسْتَرْد (kāstard)sauce
Bulgarian крем караме́л
- крем караме́л (krem karamél)sauce
Catalan crema
- cremasauce
Chinese Cantonese 吉士, 吉士醬 /吉士酱
- 吉士sauce
- 吉士醬 /吉士酱sauce
- 奶黃 /奶黄 (naai⁵ wong⁴)sauce
Chinese Mandarin 卡士達 /卡士达, 吉士
- 卡士達 /卡士达 (kǎshìdá)sauce
- 吉士 (jíshì)sauce
- 奶油凍 /奶油冻 (nǎiyóudòng)sauce
- 乳蛋糕 (rǔdàngāo)sauce
- 奶黃 /奶黄 (nǎihuáng)sauce
- 蛋羹 (dàngēng)sauce
- 軟凍 /软冻 (ruǎndòng)sauce
- 牛奶沙司 (niúnǎi shāsī)sauce
- 蛋漿 /蛋浆 (dànjiāng)sauce
- 蛋奶凍 /蛋奶冻 (dànnǎidòng)sauce
Czech pudink
- pudinksauce
Dutch vla, banketbakkersroom
- vlasauce
- banketbakkersroomsauce
- vanillesaussauce
Esperanto kremaĵo, kustardo
- kremaĵosauce
- kustardosauce
Finnish maitokiisseli, vanukas
- maitokiisselisauce
- vanukassauce
French crème anglaise, crème pâtissière
- crème anglaisesauce
- crème pâtissièresauce
- custardsauce
German Vanillesoße, Pudding
- Vanillesoßesauce
- Puddingsauce
- Cremesauce
- Puddingcremesauce
- Eiercremesauce
Hebrew רַפְרֶפֶת, חֲבִיצָה
- רַפְרֶפֶת (rafréfet)sauce
- חֲבִיצָה (ḥavitzá)sauce
Hungarian sodó
- sodósauce
Indonesian kustar
- kustarsauce
Irish custard
- custardsauce
Italian crema pasticcera
- crema pasticcerasauce
Japanese カスタード
- カスタード (kasutādo)sauce
Korean 커스터드
- 커스터드 (keoseuteodeu)sauce
Latvian olu krēms
- olu krēmssauce
Malay kastard
- kastardsauce
Māori kahitete, kātete
- kahitetesauce
- kātetesauce
Norwegian Bokmål vaniljesaus
- vaniljesaussauce
Persian کاستارد, شیرخاگین
- کاستارد (kâstârd)sauce
- شیرخاگین (šir-xâgin)sauce
Polish custard, sos angielski
- custardsauce
- sos angielskisauce
Portuguese creme inglês
- creme inglêssauce
Romanian cremă
- cremăsauce
Russian заварно́й крем, ка́стард
- заварно́й крем (zavarnój krem)sauce
- ка́стард (kástard)sauce
Spanish crema pastelera, natilla
- crema pastelerasauce
- natillasauce
Swedish vaniljkräm, vaniljsås
- vaniljkrämsauce
- vaniljsåssauce
Ukrainian заварни́й крем
- заварни́й крем (zavarnýj krem)sauce
Vietnamese sữa trứng, kem sữa trứng
- sữa trứngsauce
- kem sữa trứngsauce
- món sữa trứngsauce
Welsh cwstard
- cwstardsauce
Yiddish קאָסטאַרד
- קאָסטאַרד (kostard)sauce
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with custard
All rhymes →Cite this entry
APA
custard. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/custard
MLA
“custard.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/custard. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “custard,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/custard.
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