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custard

/ˈkʌstəd/KUH-sturd
/ˈkʌstɚd/KUH-sturd

Meaninga crust

Common meaning: a sweet egg-and-milk sauce

Journey through time

  1. Latincrusta‘a crust’source
  2. Italiancrostatasource
  3. Frenchmeaning shiftsa crust → a pastycroustade‘a pasty’source
  4. Middle Englishcrustadesource
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsa pasty → a sweet egg-and-milk saucecustard‘a sweet egg-and-milk sauce’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Latin crusta ‘a crust’.

Roots

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