| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| flambé |
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| SYLLABICATION: | flam·bé |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  fläm-b  , flä - |
| TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: flam·béed, flam·bé·ing, flam·bés
To drench with a liquor, such as brandy, and ignite: flambéed the steak at the table. | | ADJECTIVE: | Served flaming in ignited liquor: steak flambé. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From French, past participle of flamber, to flame, from Old French, from flambe, flame. See flame.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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