French parfait
French parfait noun: a frozen custard made with cream, and usually with a fruit puree.
Noun
French parfait (countable and uncountable, plural French parfaits)
- A frozen custard made with cream, and usually with a fruit puree.
- French parfait suggests an air of sophistication, desirable.1997, Ed Herring, “The Last Living Poet in America”, in Pruning to Shape: Poems […], San Franscisco, Calif.: Robert D. Reed Publishers, →ISBN, part III (Outside the Garden), canto I, page 122
- Types vary from the classic crema and frutta to grattachecca (water ice), from semifreddo (a half-frozen sponge pudding, similar to French parfait in consistency) to granita (ice shavings flavoured with fruit syrups).2015, Olivia Ercoli, Ros Belford, Roberta Mitchell, et al., “Where to Eat and Drink”, in Rome (Eyewitness Travel), London: Dorling Kindersley, →ISBN, page 307, column 3
Forms of French parfait
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Questions about French parfait
- What does French parfait mean?
- French parfait means a frozen custard made with cream, and usually with a fruit puree.
- What part of speech is French parfait?
- French parfait is a noun.
- What is the plural of French parfait?
- The plural of French parfait is French parfaits.
Words near French parfait in the dictionary
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