English Explanatory Dictionary

bouillabaisse

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of fish soup or stew from Provence, France.
  2. A mixture.

Pronunciation

/ˈbuːjəˌbeɪs/ /-ˌbɛs/ /ˌbuːjəˈbeɪs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-bouillabaisse.wav /ˈbujəˌbeɪs/ /ˌbujəˈbeɪs/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-bouillabaisse.wav

Word forms

bouillabaisse bouillabaisses

Etymology

Borrowed from French bouillabaisse, from Occitan bolhabaissa, bouiabaisso, possibly a compound of bolhir (“to boil”) + abaissar (“to lower (the temperature)”).

Synonyms

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