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financière

[ French fee-nahn-syer ]
/ French fi nɑ̃ˈsyɛr /
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adjective
of or relating to a garnish or sauce prepared typically with truffles, mushrooms, quenelles, olives, Madeira, and sometimes sweetbreads and cockscombs: vol-au-vent financière.
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Origin of financière

<French, short for adv. phrase à la financière in the manner of a financier. Cf. à la mode
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