bouchée

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French bouchée (mouthful).

Noun

bouchée (plural bouchées)

  1. A small pastry case filled with a savoury mixture, served as an hors d'oeuvre.

French

Etymology

From bouche +‎ -ée, possibly Vulgar Latin *buccata, from Latin bucca. Compare Italian boccata, Romanian bucată; cf. also Portuguese and Spanish bocado.

Noun

bouchée f (plural bouchées)

  1. mouthful
  2. bouchée

Derived terms

Participle

bouchée f sg

  1. feminine singular of bouché

Further reading