charlotte russe
Syllables: char·lotte russe/ˈʃɑːlət ˈɹuːs/US/ˈʃɑɹlət ˈɹus/
charlotte russe noun: a dessert of custard or whipped cream enclosed in sponge cake, often in the form of ladyfingers.
Noun
charlotte russe (plural charlottes russes or charlottes russe or charlotte russes)
- A dessert of custard or whipped cream enclosed in sponge cake, often in the form of ladyfingers.
- And Mrs. Newcome was not unkind: and if Clive had been really a young duke, I am sure he would have had the best bed-room at Marble Hill, and not one of the far-off little rooms in the boys' wing; I am sure he would have had jellies and Charlottes Russes, instead of mere broth, chicken and batter...1854, Arthur Pendennis [pseudonym; William Makepeace Thackeray], “Clive’s Uncles”, in The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family, volume I, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], →OCLC, page 51
- Cod and oyster sauce; smelt tossed with eggs, and made piquant with a squeeze of lemon (don't forget the lemon); chocolate custards, and a proper variety of puff-pâtés, blancmange, jellies, ice-creams, and Charlotte russe, are not bad to take, and, moreover, commend themselves to the pious...1857 February 28, “Lenten Fast of Fashion”, in Harper’s Weekly. A Journal of Civilization, volume I, number 9, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, publishers, […], →OCLC, page 131, column 4
Examples of charlotte russe in a sentence
- A good Charlotte Russe is a higher effort of talent than a bonnet.1867 March 9, “Lady Llanover’s Good Cookery”, in The Saturday Review of Politics, Literature, Science, and Art, volume 23, number 593...
- There was a bakery store to one side of it which sold beautiful charlotte russes with red candied cherries on their whipped-cream tops for those who were rich enough to buy.1943, Betty Smith, chapter XVI, in A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC; 2nd edition, New York, N.Y.; London...
Forms of charlotte russe
| plural | charlottes russes |
|---|---|
| plural | charlottes russe |
| plural | charlotte russes |
Origin of charlotte russe
Borrowed from French charlotte russe (literally “Russian charlotte”). The origin of the term is obscure; one theory is that the dish was created by French chef Marie-Antoine Carême (1784–1833) and named in honour of his employer Alexander I of Russia.
Words that rhyme with charlotte russe
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- deduce
- sluice
- unloose
- educe
- effuse
- introduce
- mousse
- produce
- recluse
- reproduce
- Rus
- seduce
- spruce
- excuse
- moose
- traduce
- transduce
- vamoose
- Zeus
- abduce
- abstruse
- adduce
- cruse
- diffuse
- disuse
- doos
- douce
- overproduce
- papoose
- reuse
- truce
- unsluice
- Al-Andalus
- ashy-headed goose
- boose
- burnoose
- caduce
- ceruse
- Emden goose
- fog juice
- hoose
- ill-use
- incuse
- luce
- misuse
- noose
- obstruse
- overuse
Questions about charlotte russe
- What does charlotte russe mean?
- Charlotte russe means a dessert of custard or whipped cream enclosed in sponge cake, often in the form of ladyfingers.
- How do you use charlotte russe in a sentence?
- A good Charlotte Russe is a higher effort of talent than a bonnet.
- What part of speech is charlotte russe?
- Charlotte russe is a noun.
- How do you pronounce charlotte russe?
- Charlotte russe is pronounced /ˈʃɑːlət ˈɹuːs/ (UK).
- What is the plural of charlotte russe?
- The plural of charlotte russe is charlottes russes.
Words near charlotte russe in the dictionary
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