fricandeau

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English

Etymology

From French fricandeau.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈfɹɪkændəʊ/, /fɹɪkænˈdəʊ/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈfɹɪkənˌdoʊ/, /ˈfɹɪkn̩ˌdoʊ/

Noun

fricandeau (plural fricandeaus or fricandeaux)

  1. Thinly sliced meat, especially veal, fried or stewed with a sauce; a fricassee.
    • 1794, James Boswell, in Danziger & Brady (eds.), Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795), Yale 1989, p. 283:
      There was a course of two soups, two dishes of fish, stewed beef, boiled lamb and spinach, roast mutton, fricandeau of veal, petit pâté—in short, substantial and choice.

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁi.kɑ̃.do/
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Noun

fricandeau m (plural fricandeaux)

  1. fricandeau

Descendants

  • English: fricandeau
  • Spanish: fricandó

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