parfait
See also: Parfait
English
Etymology
From French parfait (“perfect”). Doublet of perfect, perfecto, and perfectus.
Pronunciation
Audio (US): (file) - (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɑːfeɪ/, /pɑːˈfeɪ/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɑɹfeɪ/, /pɑɹˈfeɪ/
Noun
parfait (plural parfaits)
- A French parfait (parfait glacé), an iced dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, cream, and flavouring (usually fruit), sometimes with the addition of a liqueur.
- 2004, Alan Hollinghurst, The Line of Beauty […], 1st American edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 379:
- Brad hesitated, peering at the grid of spun sugar that jutted from his loganberry parfait.
- An American parfait, a layered dessert often consisting of fruit, ice cream, pastries, whipped topping, etc. and served in a glass, often a parfait glass.
- (UK) A smooth pâté, usually made from liver and flavoured with liqueurs.
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Translations
an iced dessert
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Finnish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from French parfait (“perfect”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpɑrfeː/, [ˈpɑ̝rfe̞ː]
- Rhymes: -ɑrfeː
- Syllabification(key): par‧fait
- Hyphenation(key): par‧fait
Noun
parfait
- French parfait (dessert)
Declension
| Inflection of parfait (Kotus type 22/parfait, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | parfait | parfait’t | |
| genitive | parfait’n | parfait’iden parfait’itten | |
| partitive | parfait’ta | parfait’ita | |
| illative | parfait’hen | parfait’ihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | parfait | parfait’t | |
| accusative | nom. | parfait | parfait’t |
| gen. | parfait’n | ||
| genitive | parfait’n | parfait’iden parfait’itten | |
| partitive | parfait’ta | parfait’ita | |
| inessive | parfait’ssa | parfait’issa | |
| elative | parfait’sta | parfait’ista | |
| illative | parfait’hen | parfait’ihin | |
| adessive | parfait’lla | parfait’illa | |
| ablative | parfait’lta | parfait’ilta | |
| allative | parfait’lle | parfait’ille | |
| essive | parfait’na | parfait’ina | |
| translative | parfait’ksi | parfait’iksi | |
| abessive | parfait’tta | parfait’itta | |
| instructive | — | parfait’in | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Further reading
- “parfait”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023
French
Etymology
Calque of Latin perfectus based on French par- + fait, inherited from Latin per- and factus respectively.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paʁ.fɛ/
Audio: (file)
Participle
parfait (feminine parfaite, masculine plural parfaits, feminine plural parfaites)
- past participle of parfaire
Adjective
parfait (feminine parfaite, masculine plural parfaits, feminine plural parfaites)
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Noun
parfait m (plural parfaits)
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Descendants
Further reading
- “parfait” in Émile Littré, Dictionnaire de la langue française, 1872–1877.
- “parfait”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
parfait m (plural parfaits)
Old French
Adjective
parfait m (oblique and nominative feminine singular parfaite)
- perfect (faultless; without imperfection)
Descendants
Swedish
Noun
parfait c
- parfait (dessert)
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | parfait | parfaits |
| definite | parfaiten | parfaitens | |
| plural | indefinite | parfaiter | parfaiters |
| definite | parfaiterna | parfaiternas |