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noun, masculine

ramequin

/ʁam.kɛ̃/

noun, masculine/ʁam.kɛ̃/plural: ramequins

ramekin (dish for baking in oven)

From Middle Dutch rammeken (“toasted bread”) or Middle Low German ramken (“cream”), from rame, rōme (“cream”), from Old Saxon *rōm (“cream”), from Proto-West Germanic *raum, from Proto-Germanic *raumaz (“cream”), from Proto-Indo-European *rewǝgh- (“to sour”). Cognate with Old High German roum (“cream”), Old English rēam (“cream”). More at ream.