German

Noun

Pudding m ‎(genitive Puddings, plural Puddinge)

1. milk pudding
2. thick custard
3. (by extension) anything similar to the above, such as crème or mousse

Usage notes

• Custard is not regarded as a single thing in German. It is referred to as Pudding when thick and as Soße (sauce) when thin.
• When known, e.g. because it is written on the package, one can refer to crèmes and the like by their proper name; often, however, Germans do not bother and refer to them as Pudding since for example a flavoured industrial yoghurt is often hard to tell apart from thin milk pudding.

English

pudding

A milk pudding from Yee Shun Milk Company in Hong Kong

Noun

pudding ‎(plural puddings)

1. (originally) A sausage made primarily from blood.
2. Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming, or from batter.
   • 2004, Victoria Wise, The Pressure Cooker Gourmet, page 313,

     The dishes in this chapter represent a range of multiethnic savory custards and steamed puddings, including a few surprises like a chèvre popover pudding and a bread pudding with lettuce and cheese.

   • 2004, Sarah Garland, The Complete Book of Herbs & Spices, page 199,

     Steamed and boiled puddings have formed the basic diet of country people in northern Europe for centuries. Early puddings consisted of the scoured stomach of a sheep or pig, stuffed with its own suet and offal, which has been thickened with oatmeal, and boiled in water or baked in the ashes of a fire.

3. A type of cake or dessert cooked usually by boiling or steaming.
   • 2007, Magdaleen Van Wyk, The Complete South African Cookbook, page 265,

     Steamed puddings, a favourite for winter, are both easy to make and delicious. Served with one of the sweet sauces (recipes 497 to 506) they make a filling and satisfying end to a meal.

4. A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.
5. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) Dessert; the dessert course of a meal.

   We have apple pie for pudding today.

6. (slang) An overweight person.
7. (slang) Entrails.
8. (obsolete) Any food or victuals.
   • Prior

     Eat your pudding, slave, and hold your tongue.

Synonyms

• (sausage made from blood): black pudding (UK), blood sausage
• (dessert): afters (UK informal), dessert, pud (UK slang), sweet (British)
• (custard-like dessert): custard, crème caramel, crème brûlée, flan, mousse

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• dumpling

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

From English pudding.

Noun

pudding m ‎(plural puddingen, diminutive puddinkje n)

1. A pudding, dessert of the custard-type

Derived terms

• (by main ingredient) chocoladepudding, vanillepudding

French

Etymology

Borrowing from English pudding.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pudiŋ/
• Rhymes: -iŋ

Noun

pudding m ‎(plural puddings)

1. any dish formed from putting the leftovers of a place such as a bakery together, and mixing them all into one

Swedish

Noun

pudding c

1. A cake or dessert prepared by boiling or steaming.
2. Any of various savoury dishes prepared in a similar way to a sweet pudding.
3. A type of dessert that has a texture similar to custard or mousse but using some kind of starch as the thickening agent.
4. (slang) An attractive person; a hottie.

   Din kompis är en riktig pudding.

   "You friend is a real hottie."

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