ramekin

Meanings

1. A small glass or earthenware dish, often white and circular, in which food is baked and served.
2. A cheese- or meat-based dish baked in a small mold.

Etymology

Borrowed from French ramequin, from dialectal Dutch rammeken (“cheese dish”) (compare Dutch rameken (“toasted bread”)) or Low German ramken (“cream”), equivalent to ream + -kin. Compare mannequin/mannikin, and compare creamer.