caramel
French, noun/ka.ʁa.mɛl/
caramel is spelled C-A-R-A-M-E-L (7 letters) and appears 3.8 times per million words in written French, the 13,537th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caramel is a French masculine noun meaning “fudge; caramel (confection)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Produit brun, solide ou liquide, utilisé en pâtisserie et en confiserie, ou comme colorant, qui s’obtient en…”.
What does caramel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefudge; caramel (confection)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Produit brun, solide ou liquide, utilisé en pâtisserie et en confiserie, ou comme colorant, qui s’obtient en faisant brunir du sucre en le faisant chauffer. 2. Bonbon fabriqué à partir de sucre et de lait, au goût de caramel et de couleur caramel. 3. Brun clair, qui rappelle la couleur du caramel. #B67233 4. Plaquage violent ou spectaculaire.
adjective: 1. D’une couleur roux clair rappelant celle du caramel. #B67233
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of caramel
- caramels plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce caramel?
- /ka.ʁa.mɛl/
- \ka.ʁa.mɛl\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to caramel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is caramel in French?
caramel appears 3.8 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).