peach melba

noun

A classic French dessert, made from peaches and raspberry sauce accompanied with vanilla ice cream.

OriginFrench Pêche Melba →
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Meanings

peach melba1

nounpeach melba (countable and uncountable, plural peach melbas)

plural peach melbas

  1. countableuncountableAlternative letter-case form of Peach Melba.

Peach Melba2

nounPeach Melba (countable and uncountable, plural Peach Melbas)

plural Peach Melbas

  1. countableuncountableA classic French dessert, made from peaches and raspberry sauce accompanied with vanilla ice cream.

Origin

  1. FrenchPêche Melba
  2. EnglishPeach Melba

Borrowed from French Pêche Melba, a dessert created by Chef Auguste Escoffier at the Savoy Hotel in London in 1892 or 1893 and named after Australian opera singer Nellie Melba, who took the pseudonym “Melba” from Melbourne, her hometown.

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Translations

French Pêche Melba
  • Pêche MelbaFrench dessert
German Pfirsich Melba
  • Pfirsich MelbaFrench dessert
Persian پشملبا
  • پشملبا (pešmelbâ)French dessert
Swedish Peach Melba
  • Peach MelbaFrench dessert
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Chicago

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