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car·a·mel

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–noun

1.	a liquid made by cooking sugar until it changes color, used for coloring and flavoring food.

2.	a kind of chewy candy, commonly in small blocks, made from sugar, butter, milk, etc.

3.	a yellowish brown or tan color.

[Origin: 1715–25; < F < Sp or Pg caramelo < LL calamellus little reed (by dissimilation), equiv. to calam(us) reed (see calamus) + -ellus dim. suffix; meaning changed by assoc. with ML cannamella, canna mellis, etc., sugar cane, equiv. to L canna cane + mel honey (gen. mellis)

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car·a·mel Audio Help (kār'ə-məl, -měl', kär'məl) Pronunciation Key
n.

A smooth chewy candy made with sugar, butter, cream or milk, and flavoring.
Burnt sugar, used for coloring and sweetening foods.
A moderate yellow brown.

[French, from Old French, from Old Spanish caramel, caramelo, from Portuguese caramel, from Late Latin calamellus, diminutive of Latin calamus, reed, cane, from Greek kalamos.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
caramel

1725, from Fr. caramel "burnt sugar," ult. from M.L. cannamellis, traditionally from L. canna (see cane) + mellis "honey;" though some give the M.L. word an Arabic origin.

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caramel
adjective
1.	having the color of caramel; of a moderate yellow-brown
noun
1.	firm chewy candy made from caramelized sugar and butter and milk
2.	burnt sugar; used to color and flavor food
3.	a medium to dark tan color [syn: yellowish brown]

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caramel1 [ˈkӕrəmel] noun

sugar melted and browned, used for flavouring
Example: This sauce is flavoured with caramel.

Arabic:	سُكَّرٌ مَحْروق
Chinese (Simplified):	焦糖
Chinese (Traditional):	焦糖
Czech:	karamel
Danish:	karamel
Dutch:	karamel
Estonian:	karamell
Finnish:	karamelli, poltettu sokeri
French:	caramel
German:	der Karamel
Greek:	καραμέλα
Hungarian:	karamella
Icelandic:	brenndur sykur
Indonesian:	karamel
Italian:	caramello

Japanese:	カラメル
Korean:	캐러멜(조린 설탕)
Latvian:	grauzdēts cukurs
Lithuanian:	degintas cukrus
Norwegian:	karamell
Polish:	karmel
Portuguese (Brazil):	caramelo
Portuguese (Portugal):	caramelo
Romanian:	caramel
Russian:	жжёный сахар
Slovak:	karamel
Slovenian:	žgani sladkor
Spanish:	caramelo
Swedish:	bränt socker, karamell
Turkish:	karamel

caramel2 [ˈkӕrəmel] noun

a sweet made with sugar, butter etc, a toffee

Arabic:	كَرَميلّـه (حَلْوى)
Chinese (Simplified):	糖果
Chinese (Traditional):	糖果
Czech:	karamela
Danish:	karamel
Dutch:	karamel
Estonian:	iiris
Finnish:	karamelli
French:	caramel
German:	die Karamelle
Greek:	καραμέλα
Hungarian:	karamella
Icelandic:	karamella
Indonesian:	permen
Italian:	caramella

Japanese:	キャラメル
Korean:	캐러멜(과자)
Latvian:	karamele; īriss (konfekte)
Lithuanian:	karamelė
Norwegian:	karamell
Polish:	karmelek
Portuguese (Brazil):	caramelo
Portuguese (Portugal):	caramelo
Romanian:	caramea
Russian:	карамель
Slovak:	karamelový cukrík
Slovenian:	karamela
Spanish:	caramelo
Swedish:	kola
Turkish:	karamela

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Caramel

Car"a*mel\, n. [F. caramel (cf. Sp. caramelo), LL. canna mellis, cannamella, canamella, calamellus mellitus, sugar cane, from or confused with L. canna reed + mel, mellis, honey. See Cane.]

1. (Chem.) Burnt sugar; a brown or black porous substance obtained by heating sugar. It is soluble in water, and is used for coloring spirits, gravies, etc.

2. A kind of confectionery, usually a small cube or square of tenacious paste, or candy, of varying composition and flavor.

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