croquembouche

Borrowed from French croquembouche (literally “crunch-in-mouth”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌkɹɒkɒmˈbuːʃ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˌkɹɑkəmˈbuʃ/
• Rhymes: -uːʃ

croquembouche (plural croquembouches)

1. A French dessert made by piling profiteroles and other crunchy sweets in a tall shape, then pouring caramel over them to hold them in place.

From croque (“crunches, crunch”, third person singular present indicative, or second person singular imperative, of croquer) +‎ en (“in”) +‎ bouche (“mouth”); literally “crunch-in-mouth”.
The current spelling came later than the others, and was first attested in 1845.

• IPA^(key): /kʁɔ.kɑ̃.buʃ/
• Rhymes: -uʃ

croquembouche m (plural croquembouches)

1. croquembouche (French dessert made from a pile of profiteroles coated with caramel)

   Hypernym: pièce montée