CARAMELとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

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.

発音

• enPR: kă′rə-məl, -mĕl′, kär′məl
• (Received Pronunciation, General Australian, New Zealand) IPA: /ˈkæ.ɹəˌmɛl/, /ˈkæ.ɹə.məl/
• (General American, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA: /ˈkæɹ.ə.mɛl/, /ˈkæɹ.ə.məl/
• (General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA: /ˈkɛɹ.ə.mɛl/, /ˈkɛɹ.ə.məl/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈkɑɹ.məl/, /ˈkɑɹ.ə.məl/, /ˈkɑɹ.ə.mɛl/
• (Dublin) IPA: /ˈkʲa.ɾə.mɛl/, /ˈkʲæ.ɾə.mɛl/, /ˈkʲa.ɹə.mɛl/, /ˈkʲæ.ɹə.mɛl/
• ハイフネーション: car‧a‧mel

使用する際の注意点

Both the two-syllable and the three-syllable pronunciations are very common in all regions of the United States. The three-syllable pronunciation is more common than the two-syllable one in the South (excluding western Texas), northern New Jersey, eastern New York, and New England, while the two-syllable one is more common in other regions.

名詞

caramel (countable and uncountable, plural caramels)

1. (uncountable) A smooth, chewy, sticky confection made by heating sugar and other ingredients until the sugars polymerize and become sticky.
   • 2004, Harold McGee, chapter 12, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:

     The usual technique for making caramel is to mix table sugar with some water, then heat until the water has boiled off and the molten sugar colors.

2. (countable) A (sometimes hardened) piece of this confection.
   • 2004, Harold McGee, chapter 12, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN:

     Caramel has a rich, complex flavor and consistency, viscous and sticky and creamy all at once, that works well with most sweets and fruits, with coffee and chocolate, and even with salt: the prized caramels of Brittany are made with a notable dose of sea salt.

3. A yellow-brown color, like that of caramel.

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派生語

参考

• fudge, toffee

形容詞

caramel (not comparable)

1. Of a yellow-brown color.
   • 2001, Nicole Sconiers, California Schemin': The Black Woman's Guide to Surviving in LA:

     Every time I saw this caramel cutie, she was working on a new proposal or business plan or flyer to promote herself and her event coordinating business.

動詞

caramel (third-person singular simple present caramels, present participle (US) carameling or (UK) caramelling, simple past and past participle (US) carameled or (UK) caramelled)

1. (transitive, cooking, dated) To caramelize.
   • 1900, M. M. Mallock, The Economics of Modern Cookery: Or, A Younger Son's Cookery Book:

     To turn out, place the dish over the mould, and invert both together, when, if the caramelling has been complete, the pudding should slip out without any difficulty at all.

参照

Further reading

• caramel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

アナグラム

• Maracle, cameral, ceramal, maceral, reclama