Complete Definition of "parfait"

English
Noun
parfait

  1. Short for French parfait (parfait glacée), an iced dessert made with egg yolks, sugar, cream, and flavouring (usually fruit), sometimes with the addition of a liqueur.
Quotations
2005, w:Alan Hollinghurst|Alan Hollinghurst, w:The Line of Beauty|The Line of Beauty, Bloomsbury Publishing, paperback edition, page 379

French

Pronunciation
w:IPA|IPA: /pa�.f�/
w:SAMPA|SAMPA: /paR.fE/

Adjective
fr-infl-adj|smparfait|sfparfaite|pmparfaits|pfparfaites|smppa�.f�|sfppa�.f�t|pmppa�.f�|pfppa�.f�t
parfait m, parfaite f

  1. perfect (exactly right)

#:Le déjeuner était parfait
#::The lunch was perfect

  1. perfect (tense)

See also
parfaitement
perfection
plus-que-parfait

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Category:French adjectives

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