caramel

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• kă′rə-məl
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• kär′məl
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• Australian, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkæ.ɹəˌmɛl/
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• Australian, New-Zealand, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈkæ.ɹə.məl/
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• General-American: /ˈkæɹ.ə.mɛl/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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• General-American: /ˈkæɹ.ə.məl/ without the Mary–marry–merry merger
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• General-American: /ˈkɑɹ.məl/
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• /ˈkja.ɾə.mɛl/ Dublin
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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.

Borrowed from French Caramel.

103 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Polish: karmelowy — of a yellow-brown color
• Afrikaans: karamel — confection
• Albanian: karamel — confection
• Albanian: sheqerkë — confection
• Arabic: كَرَامِيل (karāmīl) — confection
• Arabic: كَرَامِيل (karamel) — confection
• Armenian: կարամել (karamel) — confection
• Azerbaijani: karamel — confection
• Basque: karamelu — confection
• Belarusian: караме́ль (karamjélʹ) — confection
• Bulgarian: караме́л (karamél) — confection
• Catalan: caramel — confection
• Chinese Cantonese: 牛奶糖 — confection
• Chinese Cantonese: 焦糖 — confection
• Chinese Mandarin: 焦糖 (jiāotáng) — confection
• Czech: karamel — confection
• Danish: karamel — confection
• Dutch: karamel — confection
• Esperanto: karamelo — confection
• Estonian: karamell — confection
• Faroese: karamel — confection
• Finnish: kinuski — confection
• Finnish: karamelli — confection
• French: caramel — confection
• Georgian: კარამელის (ḳaramelis) — confection
• German: Karamell — confection
• German: Caramel — confection
• Greek: καραμέλλα (karamélla) — confection
• Gujarati: કારામેલ (kārāmel) — confection
• Hebrew: קָרָמֶל (karamel) — confection
• Hindi: कैरमेल (kairmel) — confection
• Hungarian: karamell — confection
• Icelandic: karamella — confection
• Ido: karamelo — confection
• Indonesian: karamel — confection
• Interlingua: caramello — confection
• Irish: caramal — confection
• Italian: caramello — confection
• Japanese: キャラメル (kyarameru) — confection
• Japanese: カラメル (karameru) — confection
• Korean: 캐러멜 (kaereomel) — confection
• Korean: 캬라멜 (kyaramel) — confection
• Korean: 기름사탕 (gireumsatang) — confection
• Lao: ເຂົ້າຫນົມກະຮາແມນ (khao nom ka hā mǣn) — confection
• Latin: calamus — confection
• Latvian: karamele — confection
• Lithuanian: saldainis — confection
• Lithuanian: karamelė — confection
• Macedonian: карамел (karamel) — confection
• Malay: karamel — confection
• Maltese: karamella — confection
• Manx: caramel — confection
• Māori: karamea — confection
• Marathi: शर्करारंजक (śarkarārañjak) — confection
• Marathi: कॅरमेल (kĕrmel) — confection
• Norwegian Bokmål: karamell — confection
• Norwegian Nynorsk: karamell — confection
• Persian: کارامل (kârâmel) — confection
• Polish: karmel — confection
• Portuguese: caramelo — confection
• Romanian: caramel — confection
• Russian: караме́ль (karamélʹ) — confection
• Scots: caramail — confection
• Slovene: karamela — confection
• Spanish: caramelo — confection
• Spanish: dulce de leche — confection
• Spanish: natillas — confection
• Spanish: manjar blanco — confection
• Spanish: cajeta — confection
• Spanish: arequipe — confection
• Spanish: arequipa — confection
• Swahili: karmeli — confection
• Swahili: karameli — confection
• Swedish: karamell c tjinuski — confection
• Tagalog: karamelo — confection
• Tagalog: arnibal — confection
• Tamil: கேரமல் (kēramal) — confection
• Telugu: కార్మెల్ (kārmel) — confection
• Thai: คาราเมล (kaa-raa-meel) — confection
• Thai: น้ําตาลไหม้ — confection
• Turkish: karamel — confection
• Turkish: karamela — confection
• Ukrainian: карамель (karamelʹ) — confection
• Uzbek: karamel — confection
• Vietnamese: kẹo caramen — confection
• Vietnamese: kẹo — confection
• Volapük: karam — confection
• Welsh: caramel — confection
• Danish: karamel — a piece of candy
• Finnish: karamelli — a piece of candy
• German: Karamelle — a piece of candy
• German: Karamellbonbon — a piece of candy
• German: Karamellzuckerl — a piece of candy
• Interlingua: caramello — a piece of candy
• Polish: karmelek — a piece of candy
• Romanian: caramea — a piece of candy
• Spanish: caramelo — a piece of candy
• Bulgarian: карамел (karamel) — color
• Finnish: keltaruskea — color
• Italian: caramello — color
• Japanese: キャラメル色 (kyarameruiro) — color
• Korean: 캐러멜색 (kaereomelsaek) — color
• Polish: kolor karmelowy — color