| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| clafouti |
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| SYLLABICATION: | cla·fou·ti |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  klä-f -t  |
| VARIANT FORMS: | or cla·fou·tis |
| NOUN: | A baked dessert composed of a layer of fresh fruit topped with a thick batter. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French clafoutis, from Old French : claufir, to attach with nails (from Latin cl v f gere ( clv, ablative sing. of clvus, nail + fgere, to fix) + foutis, nominalized form of foutre, to stuff. See footle.
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