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meunière

[muhn-yair, mœ-nyer]

adjective

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



meunière

/ mønjɛr, mənˈjɛə /

adjective

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

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of meunière1

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)
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Word History and Origins

Origin of meunière1

French, literally: miller's wife
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Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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