Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

rotisserie

/ɹəʊˈtɪ.sə.ɹi/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.50 in modern English

Syllables
ro-tis-serie
IPA
/ɹəʊˈtɪ.sə.ɹi/
10
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
4
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A cooking device with which food is roasted on a rotating spit.

noun

A shop or restaurant selling food cooked in this manner.

noun

Ellipsis of rotisserie sports, synonym of fantasy sports.

American usage

verb

To cook on a rotisserie.

Transitive verb

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Etymology

From French rôtisserie, from rôtir ‘to roast’. Doublet of rosticceria and roastery.

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How do you pronounce rotisserie?
The recorded pronunciation is /ɹəʊˈtɪ.sə.ɹi/.
What does rotisserie mean?
A cooking device with which food is roasted on a rotating spit.
Where does rotisserie come from?
From French rôtisserie, from rôtir ‘to roast’. Doublet of rosticceria and roastery.

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