bouillabaisse
pronunciation
How to pronounce bouillabaisse in British English:
UK [ˈbuːjəbeɪs]
How to pronounce bouillabaisse in American English:
US [ ˌbuːjəˈbeɪs]
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- Noun:
- highly seasoned Mediterranean soup or stew made of several kinds of fish and shellfish with tomatoes and onions or leeks and seasoned with saffron and garlic and herbs
Word Origin
- bouillabaisse (n.)
- fish stew, 1845, from French bouillabaisse (19c.), from Provençal bouiabaisso, boulh-abaisso, a compound of two verbs corresponding to English boil-abase (the latter in the original sense of "to lower").
Example
- 1. And I want you to try my bouillabaisse again .
- 2. I want to make him try my bouillabaisse again .
- 3. Preparing fish broth making bouillabaisse preparing rouille making whole wheat pastry .
- 4. I do have 50 gallons of bouillabaisse that I must prepare by tomorrow .
- 5. Some may thrill to a documentary about leica cameras ; others may want to spend an hour being told how to cook a better bouillabaisse .