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étouffée

/eɪ.tuːˈfeɪ/

étouffée noun: 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.

Noun

étouffée (countable and uncountable, plural étouffées)

  1. 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.

Forms of étouffée

pluralétouffées
alternative formétouffé
alternative formetouffee

Origin of étouffée

Borrowed from Cajun French étouffée, from French (à l’)étouffée (“smothered; dish cooked in a closed pot”).

Questions about étouffée

What does étouffée mean?
Étouffée means 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.
What part of speech is étouffée?
Étouffée is a noun.
How do you pronounce étouffée?
Étouffée is pronounced /eɪ.tuːˈfeɪ/.
What is the plural of étouffée?
The plural of étouffée is étouffées.

Words near étouffée in the dictionary

  1. étincelé
  2. étiquette
  3. étoile
  4. étoiles
  5. étouffé
  6. étouffée
  7. étouffées
  8. étouffés
  9. étourderie
  10. étourderies
  11. Étoy

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