praliner
French, verb/pʁa.li.ne/
praliner is spelled P-R-A-L-I-N-E-R (8 letters). Praliner is a French verb meaning “to coat with caramelized sugar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Faire rissoler dans le sucre, à la manière des pralines”.
What does praliner mean in English?
verb
- 1
to coat with caramelized sugar
Praliner de la fleur d’orange.
- 2
to coat young roots with a fertilized mud (called pralin) prior to plantation
J'ai soigneusement praliné mes rosiers.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Faire rissoler dans le sucre, à la manière des pralines. 2. Mêler de pralines pilées. 3. Enrober des racines dans du pralin, boue fertilisante faite de terre et d’engrais.
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 praliner
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- pralinant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- praliné participle past
- praline first-person indicative present
- pralines indicative present second-person
- pralinons first-person indicative plural
- pralinez indicative plural present
- pralinent indicative plural present
- pralinais first-person imperfect indicative
- pralinait imperfect indicative singular
- pralinions first-person imperfect indicative
- praliniez imperfect indicative plural
- pralinaient imperfect indicative plural
- pralinai first-person historic indicative
- pralinas historic indicative past
- pralina historic indicative past
- pralinâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce praliner?
- /pʁa.li.ne/
- \pʁa.li.ne\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.