English Explanatory Dictionary

custard

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A 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.
  2. A similar sauce made from milk and cornflour or custard powder (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat.
name
  1. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈkʌs.təd/ /ˈkʌs.tɚd/ En-us-custard.ogg /ˈkɐs.təd/

Word forms

custard custards

Etymology

Alteration of croustade.

Related words

bavarois cream puff crema catalana crème brûlée crème caramel custard winds floating island panna cotta pannacotta trifle vanilla slice vla zabaglione

Derived words

African custard apple all over the place like a mad woman's custard boiled custard confectioner's custard cowardy custard cup custard custard apple custard arm custard brains custard cannon custard Christian custard-chucker custard coffin custard cream custard cup custard-cups custard glass custard launcher custardlike custard peach custard-pie custard pie custard powder custard slice custard squash custard tart custard wind custardy egg custard egg custard tart frozen custard fruit custard love custard plums and custard turn to custard

Translations

Afrikaans: vla Arabic: كَاسْتَرْد Assamese: কাষ্টাৰ Belarusian: заварны́ крэм Bulgarian: крем караме́л Catalan: crema Chinese Cantonese: 吉士 Chinese Cantonese: 吉士醬 /吉士酱 Chinese Cantonese: 奶黃 /奶黄 Chinese Mandarin: 卡士達 /卡士达 Chinese Mandarin: 吉士 Chinese Mandarin: 奶油凍 /奶油冻 Chinese Mandarin: 乳蛋糕 Chinese Mandarin: 奶黃 /奶黄 Chinese Mandarin: 蛋羹 Chinese Mandarin: 軟凍 /软冻 Chinese Mandarin: 牛奶沙司 Chinese Mandarin: 蛋漿 /蛋浆 Chinese Mandarin: 蛋奶凍 /蛋奶冻 Czech: pudink Esperanto: kremaĵo Esperanto: kustardo Finnish: maitokiisseli Finnish: vanukas French: crème anglaise French: crème pâtissière French: custard Galician: crema German: Vanillesoße German: Pudding German: Creme German: Puddingcreme German: Eiercreme Hebrew: רַפְרֶפֶת Hebrew: חֲבִיצָה Hungarian: sodó Indonesian: kustar Irish: custard Italian: crema pasticcera Japanese: カスタード Korean: 커스터드 Latvian: olu krēms Malay: kastard Māori: kahitete Māori: kātete Norwegian Bokmål: vaniljesaus Norwegian Nynorsk: vaniljesaus Persian: کاستارد Persian: شیرخاگین Polish: custard Polish: sos angielski Portuguese: creme inglês Romanian: cremă Russian: заварно́й крем Russian: ка́стард Spanish: crema pastelera Spanish: natilla Swedish: vaniljkräm Swedish: vaniljsås Ukrainian: заварни́й крем Vietnamese: sữa trứng Vietnamese: kem sữa trứng Vietnamese: món sữa trứng Welsh: cwstard Yiddish: קאָסטאַרד
This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on C Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary