caramel

Meaning

Noun

1. (uncountable) A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize and become sticky.
2. (countable) A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.
3. (countable, uncountable) A yellow-brown color, like that of caramel.

Adj

Of a yellow-brown color.

Verb

To caramelize.

Synonyms

caramel brown

toffee

candy

🍬

yellowish brown

buff

caramelized sugar

raw sienna

taffy

toffy

sugar candy

bonbon

candy

🍬

brittle

caramelize

lozenge

marshmallow

sugarplum

sweet

Translations

caramel

caramelo

caramello

Karamell

caramelo

caramel

Karamel

Karamelle

🍬

karamel

karamela

Caramel

καραμέλλα

καραμέλα

calamus

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkæɹ.ə.mɛl/

Etymology

Borrowed from French caramel, from Spanish caramelo, from Portuguese caramelo, dissimilated from Late Latin calamellus, diminutive of calamus (“reed”) (and a doublet of chalumeau and shawm). Alternatively from Medieval Latin cannamellis, which is a compound of canna + mellis.