Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

étouffée

/eɪ.tuːˈfeɪ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.01 in modern English

Syllables: etouf-fee
IPA: /eɪ.tuːˈfeɪ/

12

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A spiced Cajun stew of meat (crayfish, shellfish, alligator, chicken or another meat) and vegetables, typically cooked in a closed pot and then served with rice.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Borrowed from Cajun French étouffée, from French (à l’)étouffée (“smothered; dish cooked in a closed pot”).

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: étouffée

Usage

Inflected Forms

étouffées (plural) étouffé (alternative) etouffee (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce étouffée?: The recorded pronunciation is /eɪ.tuːˈfeɪ/.
What does étouffée mean?: A spiced Cajun stew of meat (crayfish, shellfish, alligator, chicken or another meat) and vegetables, typically cooked in a closed pot and then served with rice.
Where does étouffée come from?: It is traced to French.

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