French blancmange

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• blancmange — late 14c., from O.Fr. blancmengier (13c.), lit. white eating, originally a dish of fowl minced with cream, rice, almonds, sugar, eggs, etc.; from blanc white (also used in Old French of white foods, e.g. eggs, cream, also white meats such as veal …   Etymology dictionary

• blancmange — ► NOUN ▪ a sweet jelly like dessert made with cornflour and milk. ORIGIN from Old French blanc mangier, from blanc white + mangier eat …   English terms dictionary

• Blancmange — For other uses, see Blancmange (disambiguation). The Catalan menjar blanc, a variant of blancmange that is made without gelatine …   Wikipedia

• blancmange — [14] Blancmange means literally simply ‘white food’. It comes from a French compound made up of blanc ‘white’ and manger, a noun derived from the verb manger ‘eat’ (related to English manger). Originally it was a savoury dish, of chicken or… …   The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

• blancmange — [14] Blancmange means literally simply ‘white food’. It comes from a French compound made up of blanc ‘white’ and manger, a noun derived from the verb manger ‘eat’ (related to English manger). Originally it was a savoury dish, of chicken or… …   Word origins

• blancmange — noun Etymology: Middle English blancmanger, from Anglo French *blanc manger, literally, white food Date: 14th century a usually sweetened and flavored dessert made from gelatinous or starchy ingredients and milk …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• blancmange — blanc|mange [bləˈmɔnʒ, ˈmɔndʒ US ˈma: ] n [U and C] BrE [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: blanc mangier white food ] a cold sweet food made from ↑cornflour, milk, and sugar American Equivalent: pudding …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• blancmange —    (blanh MANHZH) [French: white food] A whitish, sweet pudding made with milk, gelatin, eggs, and various flavorings; it has a jellylike consistency …   Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

• blancmange — /bləˈmɒnʒ / (say bluh monzh), / ˈmɒndʒ/ (say monj) noun a jelly like preparation of milk thickened with cornflour, gelatine, or the like, and flavoured. {Middle English blancmanger, from Old French: literally, white food} …  

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