andouille

[ an-doo-ee, ahn-dwee; French ahn-doo-yuh ]

noun

1. a spicy, smoked pork sausage, with garlic and Cajun seasonings.
2. a spicy, black-skinned chitterlings sausage.

andouille

/ ɑ̃duj /

noun

1. a spicy smoked pork sausage with a blackish skin

Word History and Origins

Origin of andouille¹

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”; induct

Example Sentences

Gabrielle Taper, 19, sat next to her two teenage friends and nibbled on crawfish and Andouille, a type of sausage made from pork.

From The Daily Beast

Cover the top of each fillet with a quarter of the andouille crust mixture.

From The Daily Beast

The Cajuns favor a spicy sausage called andouille, while the Creoles make chaurice.

From The Daily Beast

The serpent and the ring indicate l' andouille and l' anneau.

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