veal
pronunciation
How to pronounce veal in British English:
UK [vi:l]
How to pronounce veal in American English:
US [vil]
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- Noun:
- meat from a calf
Word Origin
- veal
- veal: [14] The Latin word for ‘calf’ was vitulus (it appears originally to have denoted ‘yearling’, for it is probably related to Greek étos ‘year’). Its diminutive form vitellus passed into English via Anglo-Norman veel, in the sense ‘calf-meat’. Its Old French cousin, veel, formed the basis of a derivative velin ‘calfskin for writing on’, which English adopted and adapted into vellum [15].=> vellum
- veal (n.)
- late 14c., "calf meat as food," from Anglo-French vel, Old French veel "a calf" (12c., Modern French veau), earlier vedel, from Latin vitellus "a little calf," diminutive of vitulus "calf," perhaps originally "yearling," if related, as some think, to Sanskrit vatsah "calf," literally "yearling;" Gothic wiþrus, Old English weðer (see wether; also see veteran).
Example
- 1. The veal industry is notorious for the cruel confinement of calves .
- 2. Wiener schnitzel is a breaded and fried veal ( or pork ) cutlet .
- 3. Red and processed meat red meat is any fresh , minced or frozen beef , pork , lamb or veal .
- 4. Kill bill star daryl says she stopped eating meat when she was 11 after she asked a cattle ranch owner the name of a calf , and he replied " veal " .
- 5. Having taken the veal dish in my stride , the next day I set my sights on something a little more ambitious : a 90-minute , early evening lesson in how to make macaroons , held at another atelier in the 15 tharrondissement .