Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

financière

/fˌɪnænsˈɪɹ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.20 in modern English

Syllables: fi-nanciere
IPA: /fˌɪnænsˈɪɹ/

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Involving a heavy sauce flavored with truffles, mushrooms and Madeira wine, and garnished with one or more of olives, kidneys, quenelles, sweetbreads, livers, and cockscombs.

Example Sentences

"[…] add a good financière ragoût (No. 89) of cocks’ combs, fat livers, truffles, and some mushrooms; […]"
"Fill six vol-au-vents made with feuilletage paste (No. 1076) with a quart of financière garnishing (No. 246), and serve them on a dish with a folded napkin."
"The classic version of financière sauce is rather esoteric, a tomato-and-Madeira-flavored brown sauce with elaborate garnishes."

Etymology

From French (à la) financière, literally, in the manner of a financier, a reference to the expense of the ingredients.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: (à la) financière

Rhymes With

première zaïre minteer mcneer wazīr mîr

Questions

How do you pronounce financière?: The recorded pronunciation is /fˌɪnænsˈɪɹ/.
What does financière mean?: Involving a heavy sauce flavored with truffles, mushrooms and Madeira wine, and garnished with one or more of olives, kidneys, quenelles, sweetbreads, livers, and cockscombs.
Where does financière come from?: It is traced to French.

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