flan
noun
[ flan ]
• a baked dish consisting of an open-topped pastry case with a savoury or sweet filling.
• "an egg and bacon flan"
• a disc of metal such as one from which a coin is made.
Origin:
mid 19th century: from French (originally denoting a round cake) from Old French flaon, from medieval Latin flado, fladon-, of West Germanic origin; related to Dutch vlade ‘custard’.
