étouffée
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See also: etouffee
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Cajun French étouffée, from French (à l’)étouffée (“smothered; dish cooked in a closed pot”).
Pronunciation
Noun
étouffée (countable and uncountable, plural étouffées)
- A spiced Cajun stew of meat (crayfish, shellfish, alligator, chicken or another meat) and vegetables, typically cooked in a closed pot and then served with rice.
French
Pronunciation
Noun
étouffée f (plural étouffées)
- étouffée (stew cooked in a closed pot); the manner of cooking which is used to make such stews
- une étouffée d’écrevisses ― a crayfish stew
- pommes de terre à l’étouffée ― stewed potato
Participle
étouffée f sg
Further reading
- “étouffée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.