andouille

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French andouille, ultimately from Latin indūcō (“to lead in, to bring in”). Doublet of nduja.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɒ̃ˈduːj/, /ɒnˈduː.i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ænˈdu.i/
• Rhymes: -uːi

Noun

andouille (countable and uncountable, plural andouilles)

Andouille (Cujun).

1. A spiced, heavily smoked Cajun pork sausage, often made from the entire gastrointestinal system of the pig.
2. Lightly smoked French sausage that is eaten cold, made of pork gut filled with tripe or minced meat of the same animal.

French

Andouille of Guéméné (France).

Etymology

Inherited from Old French andoille, from Early Medieval Latin inductilis, from Latin indūcō (“cover, overlay”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.duj/
• Rhymes: -uj

• Audio:

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Noun

andouille f (plural andouilles)

1. andouille, a type of sausage
2. (colloquial, derogatory) imbecile, numpty, fool
   • 1992, Amélie Nothomb, Hygiène de l'assassin:

     —Allons, ce n’est pas la première fois qu’on traite un journaliste d’andouille !

     "Come on, that isn't the first time a journalist's been called a fool!"

Derived terms

• andouillette

Descendants

• → English: andouille
• → Esperanto: andujo
• → Japanese: アンドゥイユ (anduiyu)
• → Turkish: andaval, andavallı

Further reading

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