quenelle
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈnɛl/
- Rhymes: -ɛl
Noun
quenelle (plural quenelles)
- (cooking) A light dumpling made of lightly spiced minced meat or fish bound with egg and poached.
- (cooking) An elliptical shape moulded by chefs from soft foods using two spoons.
- A gesture which is usually performed by pointing one arm diagonally downwards palm down, while touching the shoulder with the opposite hand, in a manner similar to an inverted Nazi salute.
Translations
Verb
quenelle (third-person singular simple present quenelles, present participle quenelling, simple past and past participle quenelled)
- (cooking) To form a quenelle.
Dutch
Etymology
From French quenelle, from German Knödel (“dumpling”). The gesture and its name after French comedian, political activist, and notorious anti-Semite Dieudonné M’bala M’bala.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəˈnɛ.lə/
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French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kə.nɛl/
Audio (file)
Noun
quenelle f (plural quenelles)
Further reading
- “quenelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- quenelle on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
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