English
fricandeau
Fricandeau comes from French fricandeau.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfricandeau
- Englishearliest quotation 1794same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentfricandeau
- Englishearliest quotation 1794same form
Earliest quotation: 1794, James Boswell, Boswell: The Great Biographer (Journals 1789–1795): “There was a course of two soups, two dishes…”
Every English word from French fricandeau
Today it means
noun Thinly sliced meat, especially veal, fried or stewed with a sauce; a fricassee.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French fricandeau / fricandeau