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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)
- 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
Noun
fricandeau m (plural fricandeaux)
- fricandeau
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