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des·sert (dĭ-zûrt')  |
[French, from Old French desservir, to clear the table : des-, de- + servir, to serve; see serve.]
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Life is uncertain. Eat dessert first.
— Ernestine Ulmer.
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Our society is obsessed with food, especially with tasty, fattening food, making something as seemingly simple as dessert, a rich source of symbolic associations. Desserts can represent enjoying the good things of life, indulgence, overindulgence, celebration, reward, and temptation. Because they are served at the end of the meal, they often indicate the final stage or the completion of a project.
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| Part of the Meals series |
| Common meals |
| Breakfast • Brunch • Lunch • Tea • Dinner • Supper |
| Components & courses |
| Amuse-bouche • Appetizer • Entrée • Main course • Side dish • Salad • Drink • Dessert • Fruit • Cheese • Nuts • Entremet |
| Related concepts |
| Food • Eating • Cuisine • Etiquette • Buffet • Banquet |
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The word dessert is probably used in U.S., Canada, Australia, and Ireland, while sweet, pudding or afters would be more typical terms in the UK and some other Commonwealth countries, including India. According to Debrett's, pudding is the proper term, dessert is only to be used if the course consists of fruit, and sweet is colloquial. This, of course, reflects the upper-class/upper-middle-class usage. More commonly, the words simply form a class shibboleth; pudding being the upper-class and upper-middle-class word to use for sweet food served after the main course, sweet, afters and dessert being considered non-U. However, dessert is considered slightly better than the other two, owing to many young people, whose parents say pudding, acquiring the word from American media.[1][2]
Desserts are often eaten with a dessert spoon, intermediate in size between a teaspoon and a tablespoon.
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| Translations: Dessert |
Dansk (Danish)
n. - dessert, frugtdessert
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Nederlands (Dutch)
dessert (nagerecht)
Français (French)
n. - dessert
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Deutsch (German)
n. - Dessert, Nachspeise
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Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (μαγειρ.) επιδόρπιο, γλυκό (μετά το γεύμα)
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Português (Portuguese)
n. - sobremesa (f)
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Español (Spanish)
n. - postre, fruta fresca luego del plato principal
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Svenska (Swedish)
n. - dessert
中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
餐后甜点
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中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 餐後甜點
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العربيه (Arabic)
(الاسم) حلوى بعد الطعام
עברית (Hebrew)
n. - פרפרת, ליפתן
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