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zéphire

zéphire noun: a small dish of forcemeat, typically cooked in a mold and served with a rich sauce.

zéphire: a small dish of forcemeat, typically cooked in a mold and served with a rich sauce
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Noun

zéphire (plural zéphires)

  1. (uncommon) A small dish of forcemeat, typically cooked in a mold and served with a rich sauce.
    • For quotations using this term, see Citations:zéphires.

Forms of zéphire

pluralzéphires

Origin of zéphire

From French zéphire. So named because the dish was considered light like a zephyr breeze or cloth. Compare Russian зефи́р (zefír, “marshmallow”), another light food named for the breeze. Doublet of zefir, Zephyr, zephyr, and Zephyrus.

Questions about zéphire

What does zéphire mean?
Zéphire means a small dish of forcemeat, typically cooked in a mold and served with a rich sauce.
What part of speech is zéphire?
Zéphire is a noun.
What is the plural of zéphire?
The plural of zéphire is zéphires.

Words near zéphire in the dictionary

  1. zálesíite
  2. zálesíites
  3. Zápara
  4. Záparo
  5. Zârna
  6. zéphire
  7. zéphires
  8. Zéphirine Drouhin
  9. Zêkog
  10. Zêzere
  11. Zöe

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