flambé

adjective

Being, or having been, flambéed.

OriginFrench flambé →
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Meanings

adjectiveflambé (not comparable)

alternative flambe

  1. not comparablecookingBeing, or having been, flambéed.
  2. not comparableceramicsDecorated by glaze splashed or irregularly spread upon the surface, or apparently applied at the top and allowed to run down the sides.
nounflambé (plural flambés)

plural flambés · alternative flambe

  1. cookingA showy cooking technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited.
  2. A flambéed dish.
verbflambé (third-person singular simple present flambés, present participle flambéing, simple past and past participle flambéed or flambéd)

present singular third person flambés · participle present flambéing · participle past flambéed · past flambéed · participle past flambéd · past flambéd · alternative flambe

  1. To cook with a showy technique where an alcoholic beverage, such as brandy, is added to hot food and then the fumes are ignited.

    “Flambé the dessert”, ordered the Chef, “but take the dish off the heat before adding the brandy or you'll burn your eyebrows off.”

Origin

  1. Frenchflambé
  2. Frenchflambé
  3. Englishflambé

Borrowed from French flambé.

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Translations

Catalan flamejar
  • flamejarto add and ignite alcohol to food
Czech flambovat
  • flambovatto add and ignite alcohol to food
Danish flambere
  • flambereto add and ignite alcohol to food
Finnish liekitettävä, liekitetty
  • liekitettäväbeing or having been flambéed
  • liekitettybeing or having been flambéed
  • liekityscooking technique
  • flambeerauscooking technique
  • liekitysact of flambéing
  • flambeerausact of flambéing
  • liekitetty ruokalajiflambéed dish
  • flambeerattu ruokalajiflambéed dish
  • liekittääto add and ignite alcohol to food
  • flambeeratato add and ignite alcohol to food
French flambé, flamber
  • flambébeing or having been flambéed
  • flamberto add and ignite alcohol to food
German flambieren
  • flambierento add and ignite alcohol to food
Hungarian flambíroz
  • flambírozto add and ignite alcohol to food
Indonesian flambe
  • flambecooking technique
Italian fiammeggiare
  • fiammeggiareto add and ignite alcohol to food
Japanese フランベ, フランベ
  • フランベ (furanbe)cooking technique
  • フランベ (furambe)act of flambéing
  • フランベ (furambe)to add and ignite alcohol to food
Polish flambirowany, flambirowanie
  • flambirowanybeing or having been flambéed
  • flambirowaniecooking technique
  • flambirowanieact of flambéing
  • flambirowana potrawaflambéed dish
  • flambirowaćto add and ignite alcohol to food
Portuguese flambado, flambar
  • flambadobeing or having been flambéed
  • flambarto add and ignite alcohol to food
Spanish flambear
  • flambearto add and ignite alcohol to food
Swedish flamberad, flambering
  • flamberadbeing or having been flambéed
  • flamberingcooking technique
  • flamberingact of flambéing
  • flamberato add and ignite alcohol to food
Cite this entry
APA

flambé. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flamb%C3%A9

MLA

“flambé.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flamb%C3%A9. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “flambé,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/flamb%C3%A9.

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