caramélisé
French, verb
caramélisé is spelled C-A-R-A-M-É-L-I-S-É (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 78,246th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Caramélisé is a French verb meaning “past participle of caraméliser” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, caramélise is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”.
What does caramélisé mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of caraméliser
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Couvert de caramel ou transformé en caramel. 2. être attendri ou séduit ; état émotionnel que l'on a lorsqu'un être mignon et/ou attractif nous fait fondre.
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 caramélisé
- caramélisée feminine
- caramélisés masculine plural
- caramélisées feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is caramélisé in French?
caramélisé appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).