entrecôte

[ahn-truh-koht]

noun

plural

entrecôtes 

1. a steak sliced from between the ribs of a rib roast cut.

entrecôte

/ ɑ̃trəkot /

noun

1. a beefsteak cut from between the ribs

Word History and Origins

Origin of entrecôte¹

1835–45; < French < Latin inter- inter- + costa rib

Word History and Origins

Origin of entrecôte¹

C19: French entrecôte, from entre- _inter- + côte rib, from Latin costa

Example Sentences

They tucked into crab dumplings, sturgeon and entrecôte.

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And “we have to change our mentality so that eating a barbecued entrecôte is no longer a symbol of virility,” a line that underscored her view that meat consumption must be reduced to help fight climate change, and that men eat more meat than women.

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Last month, a French politician from the Green Party declared, “We have to change our mentality so that eating a barbecued entrecôte is no longer a symbol of virility.”

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Barbecue has become the word on every front page, the subject of heated TV debates and the source of a crisis in national identity ever since Sandrine Rousseau, a member of Parliament from the Green Party, declared on Aug. 27 that “we have to change our mentality so that eating a barbecued entrecôte is no longer a symbol of virility.”

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How could a veal blanquette or an entrecôte with morels and cream hold a candle to white bean foam with sea urchins or spherical melon caviar?

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