roux

roux

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French roux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹuː/

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• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: rue, roo

Noun

roux (plural roux)

1. A mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews.

Derived terms

• water roux

Translations

mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews

Catalan: roux (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 奶油炒麵糊／奶油炒面糊 (nǎiyóu chǎo miànhú), 乳酪麵粉糊／乳酪面粉糊 (rǔlào miànfěn hú), 炒麵糊／炒面糊 (chǎo miànhú) (short form) Czech: jíška (cs) f, zápražka f Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: roux (nl) m Finnish: roux (fi) French: roux (fr) German: Mehlschwitze f Hebrew: רביכה‎ (he) m (revikhá) Hungarian: rántás (hu) Icelandic: please add this translation if you can Italian: please add this translation if you can Japanese: ルー (rū) Korean: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: please add this translation if you can Persian: please add this translation if you can Polish: zasmażka (pl) f Portuguese: roux m Romanian: rântaș (ro) n Russian: ру (ru) n (ru) Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can Slovak: zápražka f Spanish: please add this translation if you can Swedish: redning (sv) c Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• roux on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• & uxor

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French

Etymology

From Old French ros, from Latin russus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁu/

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• Homophone: roue

Adjective

roux (feminine rousse, masculine plural roux, feminine plural rousses)

1. russet
2. red, ginger (of hair)

Derived terms

• écureuil roux
• lynx roux
• rouquin

Noun

roux m (plural roux)

1. redhead (man)

   Synonym: (informal) rouquin

2. (cooking) roux (a mixture of fat and flour)

See also

• rouge

Further reading

• “roux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.