escalope
English edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French escalope. Doublet of scallop.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛskəˌlɒp/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɛskəˈloʊp/, /ˈɛskəˌloʊp/
Noun edit
escalope (plural escalopes)
- A thin slice of meat, especially veal or poultry.
- Synonym: scallop
- 1980 November 23, Patricia Brooks, “French Dining in an Unlikely Setting”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- Both the escalope de veau Normande and a special of the day, veal Orloff, seemed to be cut from the same veal roast, not thin escalopes at all, but thick chop-like slices. Only the sauces differed.
- (heraldry) A charge (depiction) of the scallop.
Translations edit
thin slice of meat
Further reading edit
Anagrams edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French escalope.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
escalope f (plural escalopes)
- escalope (thin slice of meat)
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “escalope”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French edit
Etymology edit
Supposedly a blend of escale (“scallop”) + enveloppe (“envelope”).
Noun edit
escalope oblique singular, f (oblique plural escalopes, nominative singular escalope, nominative plural escalopes)
- shell (hard outer covering)
Descendants edit
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French escalope.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
escalope m (plural escalopes)
Further reading edit
- “escalope”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014