daube
See also: daubé
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
daube (countable and uncountable, plural daubes)
- A stew of braised meat, usually beef.
- a. 1969, John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, Penguin, published 1981, →ISBN:
- “Christ, I tell you true, Irene, that child won't listen to nobody! I'm trying to cook her some spaghettis and daube, and she keeps on playing in my pot.”
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from obsolete Italian dobba (“marinade”), perhaps from Catalan adobar (“to marinate”). The Italian word is no longer in current use but still found in Sicilian.[1]
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
daube f (plural daubes)
- stew, casserole; daube
- (slang) crap; crappiness (something of low quality)
- C’est trop de la daube ce film! ― This film definitively sucks!
Related terms edit
Verb edit
daube
- inflection of dauber:
References edit
- ^ Etymology and history of “daube”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading edit
- “daube”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.