étouffée
See also: etouffee
English
Alternative forms
- etouffee
Etymology
Borrowed from Cajun French étouffée, from French (à l’)étouffée (“smothered; dish cooked in a closed pot”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eɪ.tuː.ˈfeɪ/
Noun
étouffée (countable and uncountable, plural étouffées)
- 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.
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /e.tu.fe/
Audio (file)
Noun
étouffée f (plural étouffées)
- étouffée (stew cooked in a closed pot); the manner of cooking which is used to make such stews
- une étouffée d'écrevisses
- pommes de terre à l'étouffée
Participle
étouffée f sg
- feminine singular of the past participle of étouffer
Further reading
- “étouffée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.