caramel
A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until…A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize and become sticky.
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Meaning
3 senses(uncountable)A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize and become sticky.
firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk
(countable)A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.
Karamelle, Karamellbonbon, Karamellzuckerl
караме́льkaramélʹ
карамельkaramelʹ
(countable, uncountable)A yellow-brown color, like that of caramel.
Examples
26 sentencesCan I eat caramel ice cream?
Can I eat some caramel ice cream?
Are you in the mood for caramel ice cream?
I'm making caramel for the cake.
ruЯ готовлю карамель для пирога.
I like chocolate more than caramel.
ruШоколад я люблю больше, чем карамель.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French caramel, from Spanish caramelo, from Portuguese caramelo, dissimilateBorrowed from French caramel, from Spanish caramelo, from Portuguese caramelo, dissimilated from Late Latin calamellus, diminutive of calamus (“reed”) (and a doublet of chalumeau and shawm). Alternatively from Medieval Latin cannamellis, which is a compound of canna + mellis.
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Forms
plural: caramelsSynonyms
5 synonyms- burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food:caramelized sugar
- a medium to dark tan color:yellowish brownraw siennabuffcaramel brown
Word family
13 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable