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consommé

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See also: consomme

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French consommé. Doublet of consummate.

Pronunciation

Noun

consommé (countable and uncountable, plural consommés)

  1. a clear broth made from reduced meat or vegetable stock, served either hot as a soup or chilled as a jelly
    • 1922, Virginia Woolf, Jacob's Room, paperback edition, Vintage Classics, page 132:
      For after washing at the hotel at Patras, Jacob had followed the tram lines a mile or so out; and followed them a mile or so back; he had met several droves of turkeys; several strings of donkeys; had got lost in back streets; had read advertisements of corsets and Maggi's consommé; children had trodden on his toes; the place smelt of bad cheese; and he was glad to find himself suddenly come out opposite his hotel.

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.sɔ.me/
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Noun

consommé m (plural consommés)

  1. consommé

Descendants

Adjective

consommé (feminine consommée, masculine plural consommés, feminine plural consommées)

  1. consummate (complete in every detail, perfect)
  2. consummate (highly skilled and experienced)

Participle

consommé (feminine consommée, masculine plural consommés, feminine plural consommées)

  1. past participle of consommer

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Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French consommé. Doublet of consumato.

Noun

consommé m (invariable)

  1. consommé

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French consommé. Doublet of consumado.

Noun

consommé m (plural consommés)

  1. alternative form of consomê

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