English Explanatory Dictionary

rotisserie

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cooking device with which food is roasted on a rotating spit.
  2. A shop or restaurant selling food cooked in this manner.
  3. Ellipsis of rotisserie baseball, synonym of fantasy baseball.
  4. Ellipsis of rotisserie sports, synonym of fantasy sports.
verb
  1. To cook on a rotisserie.

Pronunciation

/ɹəʊˈtɪ.sə.ɹi/ /ɹəʊˈtɪs.ɹi/ /ɹəˈtɪ.sə.ɹi/ /ɹəˈtɪs.ɹi/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-rotisserie.wav

Word forms

rotisserie rotisseries rôtisserie rotisserieing rotisseried

Etymology

From French rôtisserie, from rôtir ‘to roast’. Doublet of rosticceria and roastery.

Related words

spit roast

Derived words

rotisserie baseball rotisserie sports rotisserize roto
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