rillette

English

Etymology

From French rillette.

Noun

rillette (plural rillettes)

Bowl of rillettes

1. A dish of meat cooked in fat then shredded and served in a ramekin.
   • 2008 May 7, The New York Times, “Turqua Grill and The JakeWalk”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     It’s possible to cobble together a meatier meal, like country pâté ($8) or succulent duck rillette ($7).

Translations

A dish of meat

• Catalan: rostes (ca) f pl
• Finnish: rillette
• French: rillettes (fr) f pl

French

Etymology

From rille (“dialectal form of reille (“small plank”)”) +‎ -ette.

Noun

rillette f (plural rillettes)

1. (usually in the plural) rillette

Further reading

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