English

Alternative forms

• creme brulee
• crème brulée

Noun

crème brûlée ‎(plural crème brûlées or crèmes brûlées or crèmes brûlée)

1. A dessert of custard, covered by a brittle layer of browned sugar.

Usage notes

• Concerning plural forms: crèmes brûlées follows the French plural, which requires that the adjective (brûlée(s) ‎(“burnt”)) agree in number with the noun it modifies (crème(s) ‎(“cream(s)”)); crème brûlées treats the phrase as a headless English noun, regularly suffixing -s to form its plural; whereas crèmes brûlée retains the nominal head, forming a plural by suffixation of the noun, per English grammar.

Translations

French

Etymology

From crème + brûler

Noun

crème brûlée f ‎(plural crèmes brûlées)

1. crème brûlée

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• creme brulée

Noun

crème brûlée m (uncountable)

1. crème brûlée (dessert)