ramequin
French, noun/ʁam.kɛ̃/
ramequin is a French masculine noun meaning “ramekin (dish for baking in oven)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rôtie ou petite pâtisserie chaude à base de fromage”.
What does ramequin mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineramekin (dish for baking in oven)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rôtie ou petite pâtisserie chaude à base de fromage. 2. Petit récipient en porcelaine ou en verre, utilisé pour cuire au four ou au bain-marie œufs, crèmes ou entremets. 3. Fromage sec au lait de vache du Bugey. 4. Plat à base de ce fromage fondu, spécialité bugiste, qui se mange comme la fondue savoyarde.
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 ramequin
- ramequins plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ramequin?
- /ʁam.kɛ̃/
- \ʁa.mə.kɛ̃\
- \ʁam.kɛ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to ramequin
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is ramequin in French?
ramequin appears about once in every 17 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).