étouffée

See also: etouffee

English

Alternative forms

• étouffé, etouffee

Etymology

Borrowed from Cajun French étouffée, from French (à l’)étouffée (“smothered; dish cooked in a closed pot”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eɪ.tuːˈfeɪ/

Noun

étouffée (countable and uncountable, plural étouffées)

1. 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:

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Noun

étouffée f (plural étouffées)

1. étouffée (stew cooked in a closed pot); the manner of cooking which is used to make such stews

   une étouffée d’écrevisses ― a crayfish stew

   pommes de terre à l’étouffée ― stewed potato

Participle

étouffée f sg

1. feminine singular of étouffé

Further reading

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