flanとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

Borrowed around 1846 from French flan (“cheesecake, custard tart, flan”), or in some uses (in reference to Spanish/Latin American flans) later from Spanish flan (itself from the French), both from Old French flaon (whence also 中期英語 flaon, flaun (“pie; cake”)), from Late Latin fladō (“flat cake”), from Frankish *flaþō (“flat cake”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“broad, flat”); compare German Fladen. Akin to Old High German flado (“flat cake, offering cake”). Doublet of flathe.

Although the -n is generally believed to derive from the Late Latin accusative form (fladonem) of fladō (“flat cake”), it might alternatively derive from an inflected form of the Frankish word (such as the Frankish accusative *flaþan, or the like). For a similar case, see garden.

発音

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /flæn/
• (General American) IPA: /flɑn/
• 韻: -æn, -ɑːn

名詞

flan (plural flans)

1. (chiefly UK, Australia) Baked tart with sweet or savoury filling in an open-topped pastry case. (Compare quiche.)
   • 2004, Shawn Blore, Alexandra de Vries, Frommer's Brazil, →ISBN, page 175:

     The menu includes a number of excellent fish dishes such as the […] broccoli flan.

2. (chiefly US, Belize) A dessert of congealed custard, often topped with caramel, especially popular in Spanish-speaking countries.

   Synonym: crème caramel

3. (numismatics) A coin die. (Compare planchet.)

使用する際の注意点

• In the UK and Australia, flan usually refers to a baked tart (sense 1), and would only refer to a custard dessert (sense 2) rarely and in the context of the cuisine of Latin American or Mediterranean countries which use the word in that way. In the US, flan usually refers to the (Latin American-derived) custard dessert (sense 2), though uses of sense 1 can also be found.

関連する語

• flathe
• flathon
• flawn
• leche flan

参考

• custard

語源 2

動詞

flan (third-person singular simple present flans, present participle flanning, simple past and past participle flanned)

1. (architecture) To splay or bevel internally, as a window-pane.

派生語

• flanning

語源 3

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

発音

• IPA: /flæn/
• 韻: -æn

名詞

flan (plural flans)

1. (informal, fandom slang) A fan of the U.S. TV series Firefly.

   Synonym: Browncoat

   • 2005 January 29, P. Burrows, “Re: Name for Lost fans?”, in rec.arts.sf.tv‎ (Usenet):

     (some) Firefly flans call themselves Browncoats (Remember, the hot movie from Universal is out this September! :)

   • 2006 June 18, Geoff Aldrich, “Re: SciFi promotion [Was Firefly fans skew older?]”, in alt.tv.firefly‎ (Usenet):

     For what it's worth, I'm 27 and am a huge Firefly/Serenity flan.

   • 2007 January 21, Tal, “Re: Nude Jewel Staite? Close enough.”, in alt.tv.firefly‎ (Usenet):

     I'm glad this wasn't the first flan group I came across or I would never have realised the great nature of the majority of browncoasts.

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:flan.

参照

• Nathan Fillion interview at an In Good Company premiere, 28 December 2004 (IESB.net video) (Wikiquote transcription)

語源

From Proto-Germanic *flainaz (“hook, spear with a tip”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleyn- (“metal arrow, hook, spear-head”). Akin to Old Norse fleinn (“hook, barbed weapon, javelin, arrow”).

発音

• IPA: /flɑːn/

名詞

flān m or f

1. arrow

語形変化

(when masculine) Strong a-stem:

(when feminine) Strong ō-stem:

派生した語

• Middle English: flon, ffloon, flan, flone
  • English: flone
  • Scots: flane, flain