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parfait
parfait
English
Noun
parfait (plural parfaits)
- A French parfait (parfait glacé), an iced dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, cream, and flavouring (usually fruit), sometimes with the addition of a liqueur.
- An American parfait, a layered dessert often consisting of fruit, ice cream, pastries, whipped topping, etc. and served in a glass, often a parfait glass.
- (Britain) A smooth pâté, usually made from liver and flavoured with liqueurs.
Quotations
- 2005, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback edition, page 379
- Brad hesitated, peering at the grid of spun sugar that jutted from his loganberry parfait.
Translations
an iced dessert
Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowing from French parfait (“perfect”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑrfeː/
- Hyphenation: par‧fait
Noun
parfait
Declension
| Inflection of parfait (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | parfait | parfait't | |
| genitive | parfait'n | parfait'iden parfait'itten |
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| partitive | parfait'ta | parfait'ita | |
| illative | parfait'hen | parfait'ihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | parfait | parfait't | |
| accusative | nom. | parfait | parfait't |
| gen. | parfait'n | ||
| genitive | parfait'n | parfait'iden parfait'itten |
|
| partitive | parfait'ta | parfait'ita | |
| inessive | parfait'ssa | parfait'issa | |
| elative | parfait'sta | parfait'ista | |
| illative | parfait'hen | parfait'ihin | |
| adessive | parfait'lla | parfait'illa | |
| ablative | parfait'lta | parfait'ilta | |
| allative | parfait'lle | parfait'ille | |
| essive | parfait'na | parfait'ina | |
| translative | parfait'ksi | parfait'iksi | |
| instructive | — | parfait'in | |
| abessive | parfait'tta | parfait'itta | |
| comitative | — | parfait'ineen | |