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clafoutis

/klɑfuːˈtiː/

clafoutis noun: a French dessert made by baking fresh fruit (traditionally cherries) with a batter.

Noun

clafoutis (countable and uncountable, plural clafoutis)

  1. A French dessert made by baking fresh fruit (traditionally cherries) with a batter.
    • My clafoutis are not very sweet, and I enjoy them for breakfast as well as for dessert.2014 May 19, Martha Rose Shulman, “Berry Clafoutis”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 May 2014

Forms of clafoutis

pluralclafoutis
alternative formclafouti

Origin of clafoutis

Unadapted borrowing from French clafoutis.

Questions about clafoutis

What does clafoutis mean?
Clafoutis means a French dessert made by baking fresh fruit (traditionally cherries) with a batter.
What part of speech is clafoutis?
Clafoutis is a noun.
How do you pronounce clafoutis?
Clafoutis is pronounced /klɑfuːˈtiː/.
What is the plural of clafoutis?
The plural of clafoutis is clafoutis.

Words near clafoutis in the dictionary

  1. claffichord
  2. claffichords
  3. Claflin
  4. Claflins
  5. clafouti
  6. clafoutis
  7. clag
  8. Clagett
  9. Clagetts
  10. Clagg
  11. clagged

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