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mechoui

mechoui noun: a Maghrebi dish consisting of meat from a whole sheep or lamb spit-roasted on a barbecue.

mechoui: a Maghrebi dish consisting of meat from a whole sheep or lamb spit-roasted on a barbecue
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Noun

mechoui (countable and uncountable, plural mechouis)

  1. A Maghrebi dish consisting of meat from a whole sheep or lamb spit-roasted on a barbecue.

Forms of mechoui

pluralmechouis
alternative formmeshwi

Origin of mechoui

From French méchoui, from Arabic مَشْوِيّ (mašwiyy).

Questions about mechoui

What does mechoui mean?
Mechoui means a Maghrebi dish consisting of meat from a whole sheep or lamb spit-roasted on a barbecue.
What part of speech is mechoui?
Mechoui is a noun.
What is the plural of mechoui?
The plural of mechoui is mechouis.

Words near mechoui in the dictionary

  1. Mechlin
  2. Mechling
  3. Mechlings
  4. mechlorethamine
  5. mechoacan
  6. mechoui
  7. mechouis
  8. Mechoulam
  9. mechs
  10. mechs.
  11. mechutan

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