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    • 1.1 Etymology
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English

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French charlotte,[1] or possibly from Middle English charlet, charlette (“dish made from eggs, meat, milk, etc.”), probably from Old French char laitée (“meat with milk”).[2][3]

Pronunciation

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  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈʃɑːlət/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈʃɑɹlət/
  • Audio (General American):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)lət
  • Hyphenation: char‧lotte

Noun

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charlotte (plural charlottes)

  1. A dessert consisting of sponge cake filled with fruit, and cream or custard.
    • 1995 November 26, Florence Fabricant, “Sweet Charlottes for Dessert”, in The New York Times‎[1], →ISSN:A charlotte consists of a mold lined with buttered bread, filled with a fruit mixture and baked. […] A savory charlotte, also made with a bread lining, is an excellent way to dress up ratatouille, especially if picked up from a catering shop.

Derived terms

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  • apple charlotte
  • charlotte russe

Translations

[edit] dessert consisting of sponge cake filled with fruit, and cream or custard
  • Bulgarian: шарло́та f (šarlóta)
  • Catalan: carlota (ca) f
  • Esperanto: ĉarlotkuko
  • French: charlotte (fr) f
  • German: Charlotte (de) f
  • Italian: carlotta f
  • Japanese: シャルロット (sharurotto)
  • Russian: шарло́тка (ru) (šarlótka)
  • Spanish: carlota (es) f

References

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  1. ^ “charlotte”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
  2. ^ “charlet(te, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 19 June 2018; see A[bram] Smythe Palmer (1882), “Charlotte”, in Folk-etymology: A Dictionary of Verbal Corruptions or Words Perverted in Form or Meaning, by False Derivation or Mistaken Analogy, London: George Bell and Sons, […], →OCLC, page 59, column 2.
  3. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “charlotte”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

French

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Etymology

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From the female forename Charlotte,[1] or from Old French char laitée (“meat with milk”):[2] char (“meat”) + laitée (“milk”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʃaʁ.lɔt/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Audio (France (Vosges)):(file)
  • Audio (France):(file)

Noun

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charlotte f (plural charlottes)

  1. charlotte (dessert)
  2. Charlotte hat, Charlotte bonnet, mob cap

Descendants

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  • → Catalan: carlota
  • → English: charlotte
  • → German: Charlotte
  • → Italian: charlotte
  • → Polish: szarlotka
  • → Russian: шарло́тка (šarlótka)
  • → Spanish: carlota
  • → Ukrainian: шарло́тка (šarlótka)

References

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  1. ^ Etymology and history of “charlotte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
  2. ^ “charlet(te, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 19 June 2018; see A[bram] Smythe Palmer (1882), “Charlotte”, in Folk-etymology: A Dictionary of Verbal Corruptions or Words Perverted in Form or Meaning, by False Derivation or Mistaken Analogy, London: George Bell and Sons, […], →OCLC, page 59, column 2.

Further reading

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  • “charlotte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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