meunière

American  

[muhn-yair, mœ-nyer] / mənˈyɛər, mœˈnyɛr /

adjective

1. (of food, especially fish) dipped in flour, sautéed in butter, and sprinkled with lemon juice and chopped parsley.

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meunière British  

/ mønjɛr, mənˈjɛə /

adjective

1. (of fish) dredged with flour, fried in butter, and served with butter, lemon juice, and parsley

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Etymology

Origin of meunière

1840–50; < French, by ellipsis from à la meunière literally, in the manner of a miller's wife; feminine of meunier miller, Old French molnier < Vulgar Latin *molīnārius, equivalent to Late Latin molīn ( a ) mill ¹ + Latin -ārius -ary ( -eu- from meule millstone or meut earlier inflected form of moudre to grind)

Example Sentences

We savored Apaltado, a delicate raw salmon dish with jalapeño-avocado, chili oil, cherry tomatoes, and a tapioca cracker; Nikkei, a beautiful tuna ceviche with tamarind leche de tigre and avocado; and the full branzino, butterflied with head on and draped in ají amarillo meunière sauce.

From Salon

During the festival, food available on site includes crawfish bread, pecan catfish meuniere and catfish almondine, cochon de lait and turducken po-boys, boudin, crawfish étouffée, jambalaya, crawfish Monica and shrimp and grits.

From Seattle Times

Think salads jump-started with gochujang; sole meunière that brings to mind a top French restaurant; and crumbled lamb, feta cheese and breezy mint affixed to their plate with tahini — small plates that yield big pleasure.

From Washington Post

The welcome outlier in the collection is sole meunière, gently sauteed fish whose sweet flavor is flattered with capers and lemon.

From Washington Post

Their fingers fluttered to scribble invisible words such as “ikebana,” “meunière,” “wiliwili” and “obvertend” into their palms.

From Washington Post