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velouté

US/vəluˈteɪ/

velouté noun: a mother sauce in French cuisine, consisting of a light stock thickened with a blond roux.

Noun

velouté (countable and uncountable, plural veloutés)

  1. A mother sauce in French cuisine, consisting of a light stock thickened with a blond roux.

Forms of velouté

pluralveloutés

Origin of velouté

Borrowed from French velouté (“velvety, smooth”).

Questions about velouté

What does velouté mean?
Velouté means a mother sauce in French cuisine, consisting of a light stock thickened with a blond roux.
What part of speech is velouté?
Velouté is a noun.
How do you pronounce velouté?
Velouté is pronounced /vəluˈteɪ/ (US).
What is the plural of velouté?
The plural of velouté is veloutés.

Words near velouté in the dictionary

  1. velour
  2. veloured
  3. velours
  4. veloutine
  5. veloutines
  6. velouté
  7. veloutés
  8. veloway
  9. veloways
  10. Veloz
  11. Velozes

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