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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FLAN

From French, from Old French flaon, from Late Latin fladō flat cake, of Germanic origin.
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PRONUNCIATION OF FLAN

flan  [flæn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FLAN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Flan is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FLAN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Flan

Flan is an open pastry or sponge cake containing a sweet or savoury filling. A typical flan of this sort is round, with shortcrust pastry. It is similar to a custard tart or a South African melktert. British savoury flans may have diverged from the Spanish and French custard flans in the Middle Ages.

Definition of flan in the English dictionary

The definition of flan in the dictionary is an open pastry or sponge tart filled with fruit or a savoury mixture. Other definition of flan is a piece of metal ready to receive the die or stamp in the production of coins; shaped blank; planchet.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FLAN


Catalan
ˈkætəˌlæn
Celan
ˈsɛlæn
clan
klæn
gamelan
ˈɡæmɪˌlæn
Klan
klæn
Milan
mɪˈlæn
plan
plæn
rataplan
ˌrætəˈplæn
replan
riːˈplæn
tolan
ˈtəʊlæn
xylan
ˈzaɪlæn
yulan
ˈjuːlæn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FLAN

flamy
flancard
flanch
flanconade
Flanders
Flanders poppy
flange
flange coupling
flanged
flanged rail
flangeless
flanger
flanging
flank
flanken
flanker
flannel
flannel flower
flannelboard
flannelet

WORDS THAT END LIKE FLAN

action plan
Alan
Basilan
business plan
Dylan
Five-Year Plan
floor plan
Guatemalan
hallan
Macmillan
Magellan
master plan
McMillan
Nolan
open-plan
ortolan
raglan
ulan
Venezuelan
verlan

Synonyms and antonyms of flan in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «flan» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FLAN

Find out the translation of flan to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of flan from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «flan» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

果馅饼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

tarta
570 millions of speakers

English

flan
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

फ्लान
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

فَطِيرَةٌ فْلاَن
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

открытый пирог
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

flã
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফ্ল্যান
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

flan
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Flan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Kuchen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フラン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

위를 덮지 않은 파이
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Flan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bánh flan
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Flan
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

फ्लॅन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

turta
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

sformato
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

flan
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відкритий пиріг із фруктами
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

tartă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

τάρτα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

flan
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

mördegsbotten
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

tertebunn
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of flan

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FLAN»

The term «flan» is quite widely used and occupies the 28.151 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FLAN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «flan» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «flan» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about flan

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FLAN»

Discover the use of flan in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to flan and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Flan
The Original Post-Apocalyptic Road Novel
Stephen Tunney, 1992
2
How Nanita learned to make flan
The cobbler in a tiny Mexican town is so busy that he cannot make shoes for his daughter, so she makes her own shoes, which take her far away to a rich man's home where she must clean and cook all day. Includes a recipe for flan.
Campbell Geeslin, Petra Mathers, 1999
3
The coconut flan
A young girl is sent by her aunt to the local market to buy shredded coconut so her aunt can cook some coconut flan.
María Isabel Tierra, Vivi Escrivá, 2001
4
Baking: From My Home to Yours
CARAMEL-TOPPED FLAN YOU'D BE hard-pressed to find a dessert with a sexier, slinkier texture than this one. In classic flan style, the voluptuous vanilla custard is baked in a caramel— lined pan, so that when it is turned out, it is crowned ...
Dorie Greenspan, 2013
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Mexico One Plate At A Time
But if you are lucky enough to have a grandma who makes a good flan, you can be sure she's very particular about one thing: texture. In our research, we encountered such strong predilections about what constitutes perfect flan texture, we ...
Rick Bayless, 2000
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Turkmen Reference Grammar
Negative Statement Singular Plural 1 (mch) -iK,aK flan, -x&k flan (6m3) -acaK flan , -xjsk flan 2 (ceH) -«,aK flan, -*eK flan (cm3) -xfiK flan, -x,eK flan 3 (on) -;*aK flan, -x;eK flan (onap) -acaK flan, -xfiK. flan MeH H3«,aK flan 6m3 jnacaic flan I ...
Larry Clark, 1998
7
Havana Salsa: Stories and Recipes
As a conciliatory gesture nothing was better than my madrina's coconut flan. Pupen wasn't much of a cook herself, taking a more literary place in the family, but she had perfected a few dishes and this is one of them. She is in my heart, and ...
Viviana Carballo, 2006
8
Patisserie
Banana flanflan aux bananes (Figure 7(4)) Fresh cherry flan - Flan aux cerises Fresh strawberry flanFlan aux fraises (Figure 7(6)) Fresh raspberry flan - Flan aux framboises Gooseberry flanFlan aux groseilles Yield 8 covers 4 oz ...
Leonard J Hanneman, 2009
9
A Port in Arabia Between Rome and the Indian Ocean, 3rd ...
faint traces of owl, crescent obliterated, legend off flan Bronze; 3.9; 12.5x13; 7.00 (?) o'clock; irregular thick (7 mm) flan. SUM03A; Area A, trench A 13, US94, 29; Co 156. 10. Obv.: very faint traces of head r.; rev.: obliterated. Bronze; 3.6; 8x10 ...
Alessandra Avanzini, 2008
10
Catalogue of the Byzantine Coins in the Dumbarton Oaks ...
Metal Wt. Size Die Position Obverse Reverse Date 16.1 JE 2.53 19 A off flan K and C off flan 813-820 *16.2 je 2.24 19 / A € off flan K off flan 16.3 JE 2.23 20 \ € and N illegible ONC illegible *16.4 JE 2.22 19 Inscr. illegible NC off flan 16.5 JE ...
Philip Grierson, Dumbarton Oaks, Alfred Raymond Bellinger, 1973

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FLAN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term flan is used in the context of the following news items.
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Mark Hix recipes: There's more to gooseberries than the fools and …
Lightly grease an 18-20cm wide, 3cm deep, straight-sided flan ring with a removable bottom (alternatively, use a buttered, bottomless flan ring ... «The Independent, Jul 15»
2
Tiswas bunny Matthew Butler hopping for a new big break
It was mum who took him to audition for Tiswas, the flan-tastic Saturday morning kids show hosted by Tarrant and Sally James, which was ... «Birmingham Mail, Jul 15»
3
Alaskan cruise excursions: From glaciers to dogsledding
Their Chateaubriand with horseradish flan and sour baby beets, sublime. Then there were the desserts. Take the baked Alaska, for example. «Hamilton Spectator, Jul 15»
4
Retail Notebook: Tap 42 to open Saturday in Boca Raton
... lechón — grilled pork, onions and mojo sauce on Cuban bread, flan and fritas — mildly spicy hamburgers with onions and string potatoes. «Sun Sentinel, Jul 15»
5
Upcoming Houston Food Events: Indulge in a Spanish Wine Dinner
... per person, indulge in a chopped Spanish salad, braised beef shanks with candied beets, seafood in saffron sauce, and Spanish-style flan, ... «Houston Press, Jul 15»
6
welcome to California cool
... fountain, with its resident family of turtles, and fill up on tapas-sized serves of guacamole, ceviche and flan. More: www.cielitorestaurant.com. «The Australian, Jul 15»
7
10 dishes every visitor to Argentina needs to try
However, this sweet and sticky salsa usually accompanies desserts such as flan. A better invention is dulce de leche-flavor helado. «CNN, Jul 15»
8
Dining review: Mi Peru nails traditional Peruvian dishes
Or a wedge of flan that rates among the best in town? I vote for both. And while you're at it, might as well get a couple of those addictive South ... «News & Observer, Jul 15»
9
Restaurant Review: Willy Street's El Sabor de Puebla offers great …
The kitchen offers just one dessert: flan de queso, or cheese flan ($2.50). However, orders are served in such large quantities that we passed ... «Janesville Gazette, Jul 15»
10
Big Bath City Bid: Grand vision for club - find 1000 business backers
One of the growing number of traders who is supporting the community ownership move is the Irish pub Flan O'Briens. Owner Myles Gallagher ... «Bath Chronicle, Jul 15»

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