choucroute
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French choucroute. Doublet of sauerkraut.
Noun
editchoucroute (uncountable)
French
editEtymology
editFrom Alsatian Alemannic German surkrut, Surkrut, Sürkrut (standard German Sauerkraut). The first part of the word was modified by folk etymology to French chou (“cabbage”). Since -croute (krut, German Kraut) is that part of the Germanic word that indeed means “cabbage”, the French form quite literally is “cabbage-cabbage”.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editchoucroute f (usually uncountable, plural choucroutes)
- sauerkraut (a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage)
Derived terms
editDescendants
editFurther reading
edit- “choucroute”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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