croquembouche

See also: croquenbouche

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French croquembouche (literally “crunch-in-mouth”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɹɒkɒmˈbuːʃ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɹɑkəmˈbuʃ/
• Rhymes: -uːʃ

Noun

croquembouche (plural croquembouches)

1. A French dessert made by piling profiteroles and other crunchy sweets in a tall shape, then pouring caramel over them to hold them in place.

Translations

French dessert made from a pile of profiteroles coated with caramel

• Catalan: pastís de lioneses m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 泡芙塔 (pàofú tǎ)

• Finnish: krokaani (fi)
• French: croquembouche (fr) m
• German: Croquembouche m, Krachgebäck n
• Japanese: クロカンブッシュ (kurokanbusshu), クロカンブーシュ (kurokanbūshu)
• Persian: کروکمبوش (krokambuš)
• Russian: крокембу́ш m (krokembúš)
• Swedish: krokan (sv) c
• Thai: ครอก็องบุช (krɔɔ-gɔng-bùch)

French

Alternative forms

• croqu’en-bouche (obsolete)
• croque-en-bouche (obsolete)
• croquenbouche (obsolete)

Etymology

From croque (“crunches, crunch”, third person singular present indicative, or second person singular imperative, of croquer) +‎ en (“in”) +‎ bouche (“mouth”), literally “crunch-in-mouth”. The current spelling came later than the others, and was first attested in 1845.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁɔ.kɑ̃.buʃ/
• Rhymes: -uʃ

Noun

croquembouche m (plural croquembouches)

1. croquembouche (French dessert made from a pile of profiteroles coated with caramel)

   Hypernym: pièce montée

Descendants

Descendants

• → German: Croquembouche
• → Hebrew: קְרוֹקָמְבּוּש (krokambúsh)
• → Japanese: クロカンブッシュ (kurokanbusshu), クロカンブーシュ (kurokanbūshu)
• → Persian: کروکمبوش (krokambuš)
• → Russian: крокембу́ш (krokembúš)
• →⇒ Swedish: krokan
  • → Finnish: krokaani
• → Thai: ครอก็องบุช (krɔɔ-gɔng-bùch)