matelote

[mat-l-oht, mat^uh-loht]

noun

1. a highly seasoned fish stew made with white or red wine.

matelote

/ ˈmætəˌləʊt, matlɔt /

noun

1. fish served with a sauce of wine, onions, seasonings, and fish stock

Word History and Origins

Origin of matelote¹

1720–30; < French, derivative of matelot matelot

Word History and Origins

Origin of matelote¹

C18: from French, feminine of matelot sailor

Example Sentences

At Poissy the other also alighted, strolled over to the H�tel de Rouen, and, in the company of a slowly consumed matelote and four successive absinthes, dozed, pondered, smoked—and waited for the dark.

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"Oh! my dear, eels don't break; you can do whatever you please with eels—even to making a matelote."

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A matelote may be made of eels alone, but it is better with eels and one, two, or three other kinds of fish.

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Oh, you happy child, to have nothing worse to do than to rattle down the Bois in a milord, and sup off a matelote by the lake with your Romeo!

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It is used to simmer fish in when directed to be à la matelote, and if it were already thickened the whole would burn.

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