flan
French, noun/flɑ̃/
flan is spelled F-L-A-N (4 letters) and appears 1.7 times per million words in written French, the 23,140th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Flan is a French masculine noun meaning “baked custard tart” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sorte de tarte faite avec de la crème, des œufs et de la farine”.
What does flan mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebaked custard tart
- 2
masculinecoin die
- 3
masculineplanchet (coin blank)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sorte de tarte faite avec de la crème, des œufs et de la farine. 2. Pièce de métal qu’on a taillée et préparée pour recevoir l’empreinte qui en fera une pièce de monnaie, un jeton, une médaille. 3. Sorte de carton mou que l’on applique sur les caractères mobiles pour en prendre l’empreinte en vue du tirage. 4. Mensonge, information inventée de toutes pièces
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 flan
- flans plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce flan?
- /flɑ̃/
- Quebec /flã/
- \flɑ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to flan
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is flan in French?
flan appears 1.7 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).