Flan Definition

flăn, flän
noun
A Spanish dessert of custard covered with a burnt-sugar syrup.
Webster's New World
A tart filled with custard, fruit, etc., or with a savory mixture.
Webster's New World
A piece of shaped metal ready to be made into a coin by the stamp of a die; blank.
Webster's New World

Type of custard dessert, popular in Spanish-speaking countries (both the pastry version and this one may be called flan in the USA). Called crème caramel in UK.

Wiktionary

A fan of U.S. TV series Firefly; a Browncoat.

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Other Word Forms of Flan

Noun

Singular:
flan
Plural:
flans

Origin of Flan

  • French from Old French flaon from Late Latin fladō fladōn- flat cake of Germanic origin plat- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • English, from a slip of the tongue by actor Nathan Fillion

    From Wiktionary

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