charlotte
noun
a dessert of many varieties, served hot or cold and commonly made by lining a mold with cake or bread and filling it with fruit, whipped cream, custard, or gelatin.
charlotte
1 American
[shahr-luht]
/ ˈʃɑr lət /
noun
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charlottes
plural
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a dessert of many varieties, served hot or cold and commonly made by lining a mold with cake or bread and filling it with fruit, whipped cream, custard, or gelatin.
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the mold used in making this dessert.
Charlotte
2
American
[shahr-luht]
/ ˈʃɑr lət /
noun
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Grand Duchess Charlotte Aldegonde Elise Marie Wilhelmine, 1896–1985, sovereign of Luxembourg 1919–64.
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a city in S North Carolina.
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a female given name: derived from Charles.
Charlotte
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British
/ ˈʃɑːlət /
noun
charlotte
2
British
/ ˈʃɑːlət /
noun
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a baked dessert served hot or cold, commonly made with fruit and layers or a casing of bread or cake crumbs, sponge cake, etc
apple charlotte
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short for charlotte russe
Charlotte
Cultural
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Named for Queen Charlotte, wife of King George III of England.
Largest city of the state, and the foremost commercial and industrial center of the Piedmont region.
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Etymology
Origin of charlotte
From French, dating back to 1790–1800, special use of woman's name
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From there, the dessert splinters into several different versions: baked ones filled with fruit, like the well-known apple charlotte, and unbaked ones, most commonly known as the cream-filled Charlotte Russe.
From Salon ● Nov. 24, 2022
For dessert, Kingman plans to make the apple charlotte requested in one episode by a suitor of Lady Mary Crawley.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 20, 2012
For dessert, Ms. Kingman plans to make the apple charlotte requested in one episode by a suitor of Lady Mary Crawley.
From New York Times ● Jan. 18, 2012
It was followed by vanilla charlotte with morello cherries.
From BBC ● May 26, 2011
There was a bakery store to one side of it which sold beautiful charlotte russes with red candied cherries on their whipped cream tops for those who were rich enough to buy.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
Just after joining Tether, Hines traded up from a $1.4 million home in a golf-course community near Charlotte, N.C., to a $3.3 million, 9,000-square-foot house down the street, according to real-estate records.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 15, 2026
Alongside Mandell, the play also starred 89-year-old James Greene and Charlotte Rae, 90.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
The city added 24,000 households in 2025, helping it edge out Nashville, Tenn.; Houston; Dallas; and Charlotte, N.C., for the top spot, according to NewHomeSource and Zonda’s 2026 Baby Chaser Index.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 14, 2026
"Charlotte has made the last few years much, much easier."
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
It was such a random answer that the entire room fell silent except for Charlotte, who let out a laugh.
From "City Spies" by James Ponti
As “Joy of Cooking” has evolved since the first edition in 1931, written by Irma S. Rombauer, so have its recipes for gelatin molds and related aspics, whips, snows, puddings and charlottes.
From New York Times ● Nov. 25, 2019
Ham, tongue, and beef sandwiches.Four quarts of blancmange, differently flavoured and decorated.Four quarts of jelly, differently flavoured and moulded.Two charlottes Russe.One large trifle.Two tipsy cakes.Three dishes of Genoise pastry in various forms.Two lemon sponges.Fruit.
From The Skilful Cook A Practical Manual of Modern Experience by Mary Harrison
Used on extra occasions for ornamenting charlottes, cakes, creams, etc.
From The International Jewish Cook Book 1600 Recipes According to the Jewish Dietary Laws with the Rules for Kashering; the Favorite Recipes of America, Austria, Germany, Russia, France, Poland, Roumania, Etc., Etc. by Florence Kreisler Greenbaum
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