Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

ramekin

/ˈɹæm(ɪ)kɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.65 in modern English

Syllables: ramekin
IPA: /ˈɹæm(ɪ)kɪn/

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small glass or earthenware dish, often white and circular, in which food is baked and served.

noun

A cheese- or meat-based dish baked in a small mold.

Example Sentences

"The starters have arrived, two triangles of buttered brown bread and a neat little ramekin of crab buried under a haystack of cress, which Smith promptly relocates so that she can sprinkle it over each mouthful."
"Setting the soufflés before us, the waitress warns that the ramekins are hot."

Etymology

Borrowed from French ramequin, from dialectal Dutch rammeken (“cheese dish”) (compare Dutch rameken (“toasted bread”)) or Low German ramken (“cream”), equivalent to ream + -kin. Compare mannequin/mannikin, and compare creamer.

Origin

Source language: Dutch

Word Breakdown

Root: rammeken, ramken
Suffix: ream

Inflected Forms

ramekins (plural) ramequin (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

eggcup

Synonyms

ramequin

Questions

How do you pronounce ramekin?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɹæm(ɪ)kɪn/.
What does ramekin mean?: A small glass or earthenware dish, often white and circular, in which food is baked and served.
Where does ramekin come from?: It is traced to Dutch.

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