quenelle

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French quenelle, from German Knödel. Doublet of knaidel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈnɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

quenelle (plural quenelles)

1. (cooking) A light dumpling made of lightly spiced minced meat or fish bound with egg and poached.
2. (cooking) An elliptical shape moulded by chefs from soft foods using two spoons.
3. (offensive) 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

dumpling

• Bulgarian: кнедла (bg) f (knedla)
• Dutch: quenelle (nl) f
• French: quenelle (fr) f
• Ido: kenelo (io)

Verb

quenelle (third-person singular simple present quenelles, present participle quenelling, simple past and past participle quenelled)

1. (cooking) To form a quenelle.

Further reading

• quenelle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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/

• Audio

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Noun

quenelle f (plural quenelles, diminutive quenelletje n)

1. dumpling, quenelle (food)
2. quenelle (gesture)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Knödel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kə.nɛl/

• Audio

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Noun

quenelle f (plural quenelles)

1. (cooking) dumpling, quenelle
2. (slang) penis
3. (slang) quenelle (gesture)

Further reading

• “quenelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• quenelle on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French quenelle.

Noun

quenelle m (invariable)

1. quenelle (gesture)