[flanz, flahnz; for 2 also French flah n ]; /flænz, flɑnz; for 2 also French flɑ̃/;

plural flans [flanz, flahnz; for 2 also French flah n ]; /flænz, flɑnz; for 2 also French flɑ̃/; Spanish fla·nes [ flah -nes] /ˈflɑ nɛs/ for 1 .

Spanish Cooking . a dessert of sweetened egg custard with a caramel topping.

an open, tartlike pastry, the shell of which is baked in a bottomless band of metal ( flan ring ) on a baking sheet, removed from the ring and filled with custard, cream, fruit, etc.

a piece of metal shaped ready to form a coin, but not yet stamped by the die.