rillette
English
Etymology
Noun
rillette (plural rillettes)
- 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
French
Etymology
From rille (“dialectal form of reille (“small plank”)”) + -ette.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁi.jɛt/
Noun
rillette f (plural rillettes)
- (usually in the plural) rillette
Further reading
- “rillettes”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.