Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

vichyssoise

/ˌvɪʃiˈswɑːz/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables
vichys-soise
IPA
/ˌvɪʃiˈswɑːz/
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thick, creamy soup made from potato, leeks, onions, and chicken stock, and normally served cold.

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

From French vichyssoise (literally “from Vichy”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

Rhymes With

Questions

How do you pronounce vichyssoise?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˌvɪʃiˈswɑːz/.
What does vichyssoise mean?
A thick, creamy soup made from potato, leeks, onions, and chicken stock, and normally served cold.
Where does vichyssoise come from?
It is traced to French.

How to pronounce vichyssoise

  1. Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “vichyssoise”.
  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/ˌvɪʃiˈswɑːz/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
  3. Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “vichyssoise”.
  4. Repeat and practice — Say “vichyssoise” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.