custard

See also: Custard

English

Etymology

Alteration of croustade.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkʌs.təd/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkʌs.tɚd/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ʌstə(ɹ)d
  • Hyphenation: cus‧tard

Noun

custard (countable and uncountable, plural custards)

  1. A type of sauce made from milk and eggs (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat, served hot poured over desserts, as a filling for some pies and cakes, or cold and solidified; also used as a base for some savoury dishes, such as quiches, or eaten as a stand-alone dessert; egg custard.
  2. (by extension) A similar sauce made from milk and cornflour or custard powder (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat.

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Noun

custard m (genitive singular custaird, nominative plural custaird)

  1. custard

Declension

Declension of custard (first declension)
bare forms
singular plural
nominative custard custaird
vocative a chustaird a chustarda
genitive custaird custard
dative custard custaird
forms with the definite article
singular plural
nominative an custard na custaird
genitive an chustaird na gcustard
dative leis an gcustard
don chustard 		leis na custaird

Derived terms

  • custardúll, úll custaird (“custard apple”)
  • flan custaird, toirtín custaird (“egg custard”)
  • púdar custaird (“custard powder”)
  • toirtín custaird (“custard tart”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of custard
radical lenition eclipsis
custard chustard gcustard

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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