gratin

See also: Gratin

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

French gratter

Proto-Indo-European *-nós

Proto-Indo-European *-iHnos

Proto-Italic *-īnos

Latin -īnus

French -in

French gratinbor.

English gratin

Borrowed from French gratin.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹəˈtæn/
• Rhymes: -æn

Noun

gratin (plural gratins)

1. The top crust of a dish, consisting of breadcrumbs or grated cheese heated under a grill; the dish itself.

Derived terms

• au gratin
• gratinate

Translations

top crust

• Finnish: kuorrute (fi)

dish

• Danish: gratin c
• Finnish: gratiini (fi)
• German: Gratin (de) m or n
• Ido: gratino (io)
• Italian: gratinatura f
• Japanese: グラタン (ja) c (guratan)
• Persian: گراتن (gerâtan)
• Portuguese: gratinado (pt)
• Russian: грате́н (ru) m (gratén)
• Swedish: gratäng (sv) c
• Turkish: graten

Anagrams

• Gartin, Tigran, rating, taring, tringa

Catalan

Verb

gratin

1. inflection of gratar:
   1. third-person plural present subjunctive
   2. third-person plural imperative

French

Etymology

From gratter +‎ -in.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.tɛ̃/

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Noun

gratin m (plural gratins)

1. (cooking) gratin
2. (figurative) upper crust, elite

   Tout le gratin était réuni pour cet évènement. ― All the elite got together for this event.

Derived terms

• gratin dauphinois
• gratiner

Descendants

• → English: gratin
• → Japanese: グラタン
• → Persian: گراتَن (gerâtan)
• → Russian: грате́н (gratén)
• → Swedish: gratäng
• → Turkish: graten

Further reading

• “gratin”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• garnit, garnît, girant, granit