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flam⋅bé

  [flahm-bey; Fr. flahn-bey] adjective, verb, -béed, -bé⋅ing.
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–adjective
1. Also, flam⋅béed  [flahm-beyd] . (of food) served in flaming liquor, esp. brandy: steak flambé.
2. Ceramics.
a. (of a glaze) dense and streaked with contrasting colors, usually red and blue.
b. (of a ceramic object) covered with a flambé glaze.
–verb (used with object)
3. to pour liquor over and ignite.
Origin:
1885–90; < F, ptp. of flamber to flame. See flambeau
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flam·bé   (fläm-bā', fläɴ-)   
tr.v.   flam·béed, flam·bé·ing, flam·bés
To drench with a liquor, such as brandy, and ignite: flambéed the steak at the table.
adj.  Served flaming in ignited liquor: steak flambé.

[From French, past participle of flamber, to flame, from Old French, from flambe, flame; see flame.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Word Origin & History

flambé 
1886, of certain types of porcelain, 1906 as a term in cookery, from Fr., pp. of flamber "to singe, blaze," from O.Fr. flambe "flame."
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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