rissole

¹

[ri-sohl, ris-ohl, ree-sawl]

noun

plural

rissoles 

1. a small pastry, often in turnover form, filled with a mixture containing meat or fish and usually fried in deep fat.

rissolé

²

[ris-uh-lee, ris-uh-ley, ree-saw-ley]

adjective

1. (of foods) browned in deep fat.

rissole

/ ˈrɪsəʊl /

noun

1. a mixture of minced cooked meat coated in egg and breadcrumbs and fried Compare croquette

Word History and Origins

Origin of rissole¹

1700–10; < French; Middle French roissole, rousole, perhaps < Vulgar Latin *russeola (feminine adj.) reddish

Origin of rissole²

< French, past participle of rissoler to brown, derivative of rissole rissole

Word History and Origins

Origin of rissole¹

C18: from French, probably ultimately from Latin russus red; see _russet