Meaning

noun a cheese dish made with egg and bread crumbs that is baked and served in individual fireproof dishes

noun a small fireproof dish used for baking and serving individual portions

originBorrowed from French ramequin, from dialectal Dutch rammeken (“cheese dish”) (compare Dutch rameken (“toasted bread”)) or Low German ramken (“cream”), equivalent to ream + -kin. Compare mannequin/mannikin, and compare creamer.

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