andouille

American  

[an-doo-ee, ahn-dwee, ahn-doo-y^uh] / ænˈdu i, ɑnˈdwi, ɑ̃ˈdu yə /

noun

1. a spicy, smoked pork sausage, with garlic and Cajun seasonings.

2. a spicy, black-skinned chitterlings sausage.

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andouille British  

/ ɑ̃duj /

noun

1. a spicy smoked pork sausage with a blackish skin

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Etymology

Origin of andouille

First recorded in 1600–05; from French, from Old French andoille, from Vulgar Latin inductilia (unattested) “stuffed (things, foods),” from inductilis (unattested) “made by insertion, stuffed,” from Latin inductus, past participle of indūcere “to lead in, draw in”; see induct

Example Sentences

There’s a meat market there, and they have all the andouille sausage, which is good if I’m going to cook something like a gumbo.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2025

Both are hard to come by, so we opted for andouille sausage for its smoky, meaty flavor.

From Washington Times • Jul. 15, 2023

The seafood is springy, the grits dare you to not scrape the plate, the andouille adds snap and sass, and the tomato broth, glossed with butter, ties everything together.

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2022

Bill makes the simple and smart choice to replace the bacon with andouille and up the spice.

From Salon • Mar. 22, 2022

It’s seafood night, and Mom is making her special crab boil: crab legs, corn on the cob, andouille sausage, crawfish, jumbo shrimp, and small red potatoes.

From "Watch Us Rise" by Renée Watson and Ellen Hagan