Flambé
/flĂŠmËbeÉȘ/noun
Cooked with a spirit that is briefly ignited, or served with a flaming sauce.
Did you know?Flambé comes from French flamber, and the showy fire effect is real linguistic history: the word was already tied to flame before chefs turned it into table-side theater.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*bÊ°leg-
âto burn, blazeâ
Latin
Latin
flamma
âa flameâ
Old French
Old French
flamber
âto blaze, flame upâ
18th-19th Century
French
flambé
âflamed; having been set alightâ
Modern English
English
flambé
âa dish prepared with a brief flame, often from alcoholâ