escalope
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French escalope. Doublet of scallop.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈɛskəˌlɒp/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɛskəˈloʊp/, /ˈɛskəˌloʊp/
Noun[edit]
escalope (plural escalopes)
- A thin slice of meat, especially veal or poultry.
- Synonym: scallop
- 1980 November 23, Patricia Brooks, “French Dining in an Unlikely Setting”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN:
- Both the escalope de veau Normande and a special of the day, veal Orloff, seemed to be cut from the same veal roast, not thin escalopes at all, but thick chop-like slices. Only the sauces differed.
- (heraldry) A charge (depiction) of the scallop.
Translations[edit]
thin slice of meat
Further reading[edit]
Anagrams[edit]
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Inherited from Old French escalope.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
escalope f (plural escalopes)
- escalope (thin slice of meat)
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “escalope”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Supposedly a blend of escale (“scallop”) + enveloppe (“envelope”).
Noun[edit]
escalope oblique singular, f (oblique plural escalopes, nominative singular escalope, nominative plural escalopes)
- shell (hard outer covering)
Descendants[edit]
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from French escalope.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
escalope m (plural escalopes)
Further reading[edit]
- “escalope”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
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