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10 Language-to-English Dictionariespudim
Pronunciation / Transliteration: poo-DEEM
"Para a sobremesa, tivemos pudim de chocolate."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A soft, sweet, and often creamy dessert made from milk, sugar, and a thickening agent.
"For dessert, we had chocolate pudding topped with whipped cream." - 2
A dish made by boiling or steaming ingredients, often served as a savory course.
"The traditional Yorkshire pudding is served alongside roast beef."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Old French 'boudin', meaning a blood sausage, which traces its ultimate roots back to the Latin 'botellus', meaning small sausage or intestine. Over centuries in Britain, the meaning shifted from savory meat dishes encased in skin to sweet, boiled or baked milk-and-flour-based desserts.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Pudding" is said worldwide
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pouding
Transliteration: puding
"Pour le dessert, nous avons eu du pouding au chocolat."
Pudding
Transliteration: Pudding
"Zum Nachtisch gab es Schokoladenpudding."
budino
Transliteration: boo-DEE-no
"Per dessert abbiamo avuto budino al cioccolato."
pudín
Transliteration: poo-DEEN
"De postre, tuvimos pudín de chocolate."
pudim
Transliteration: poo-DEEM
"Para a sobremesa, tivemos pudim de chocolate."
पुडिंग
Transliteration: puding
"डेसर्ट के लिए हमें चॉकलेट पुडिंग मिली।"
布丁
Transliteration: bù dīng
"作为甜点，我们吃了巧克力布丁。"
푸딩
Transliteration: puding
"디저트로 초콜릿 푸딩을 먹었습니다."
プリン
Transliteration: purin
"デザートにチョコレートプリンを食べました。"
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