flambe in English
- flambe⇄adj. 1. (of a dish, especially a dessert) served in flames, by pouring brandy, rum, or other alcoholic liquor over the food and lighting it.
Ex. Bing cherries flambees (New Yorker).
2. (of chinaware) iridescent from the irregular application - flambe⇄flambe, adjective, pl.-besor-bees,verb,-bedor-beed,-being.
- flambe⇄v.t. to pour liquor over and set aflame.
Ex. For dessert I sauted some bananas and flambed them with Spanish-made vodka (Maclean's).