consommé

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English[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from French consommé. Doublet of consummate.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɒnsəˌmeɪ/
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Noun[edit]

consommé (countable and uncountable, plural consommés)

  1. a clear broth made from reduced meat or vegetable stock, served either hot as a soup or chilled as a jelly
    • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, paperback edition, Vintage Classics, page 132:
      For after washing at the hotel at Patras, Jacob had followed the tram lines a mile or so out; and followed them a mile or so back; he had met several droves of turkeys; several strings of donkeys; had got lost in back streets; had read advertisements of corsets and Maggi's consommé; children had trodden on his toes; the place smelt of bad cheese; and he was glad to find himself suddenly come out opposite his hotel.

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French[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

consommé m (plural consommés)

  1. consommé

Adjective[edit]

consommé (feminine consommée, masculine plural consommés, feminine plural consommées)

  1. consummate (complete in every detail, perfect)
  2. consummate (highly skilled and experienced)

Participle[edit]

consommé (feminine consommée, masculine plural consommés, feminine plural consommées)

  1. past participle of consommer

Further reading[edit]

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from French consommé. Doublet of consumato.

Noun[edit]

consommé m (invariable)

  1. consommé

Portuguese[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from French consommé. Doublet of consumado.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

consommé m (plural consommés)

  1. (cooking) consommé (broth made from reduced meat or vegetable stock)