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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

pot-au-feu

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 2.63 in modern English

Syllables
pot-au-feu
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A thick soup of meat and vegetables cooked together in a large pot.

Uncountable

noun

A large cooking pot.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

Etymology

Borrowed from French pot-au-feu.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Food.

Inflected Forms

pot-au-feus (plural) pots-au-feu (plural) pot au feu (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

potpourri

Questions

What does pot-au-feu mean?
A thick soup of meat and vegetables cooked together in a large pot.
Where does pot-au-feu come from?
It is traced to French.

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