meuniere

meu·nière

M m

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [muh n-yair; French mœ-nyer]
- /mənˈyɛər; French mœˈnyɛr/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [muh n-yair; French mœ-nyer]
- /mənˈyɛər; French mœˈnyɛr/

Definitions of meuniere word

adjective meuniere (of food, especially fish) dipped in flour, sautéed in butter, and sprinkled with lemon juice and chopped parsley. 1
adjective meuniere (of fish) dredged with flour, fried in butter, and served with butter, lemon juice, and parsley 0
adjective meuniere designating fish prepared by being rolled in flour, etc., fried in butter, and sprinkled with lemon juice and chopped parsley 0

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Origin of meuniere

First appearance:

before 1840

One of the 33% newest English words

1840-50; < French, by ellipsis from à la meunière literally, in the manner of a miller's wife; feminine of meunier miller, Old French molnier < Vulgar Latin *molīnārius, equivalent to Late Latin molīn(a) mill1 + Latin -ārius -ary (-eu- from meule millstone or meut earlier inflected form of moudre to grind)

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Parts of speech for Meuniere

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

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preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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meuniere popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 39% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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