flan

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

flan [flan flans] BrE [flæn] NAmE [flæn] noun countable, uncountable
1. (especially BrE)an open ↑pie made of ↑pastry or cake filled with eggs and cheese, fruit, etc
•a mushroom/strawberry flan
•Have some more flan.
compare ↑quiche, ↑tart
2. (NAmE) (BrE crème caramel)a cold ↑dessert (= a sweet dish) made from milk, eggs and sugar
See also: ↑crème caramel

Word Origin:
mid 19th cent.: from French (originally denoting a round cake) from Old French flaon, from medieval Latin flado, fladon-, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlade ‘custard’.