étouffée

== English == === Alternative forms === étouffé, etouffee === Etymology === Borrowed from Cajun French étouffée, from French (à l’)étouffée (“smothered; dish cooked in a closed pot”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /eɪ.tuːˈfeɪ/ === Noun === étouffée (countable and uncountable, plural étouffées) A spiced Cajun stew of meat (crayfish, shellfish, alligator, chicken or another meat) and vegetables, typically cooked in a closed pot and then served with rice. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /e.tu.fe/ === Noun === étouffée f (plural étouffées) étouffée (stew cooked in a closed pot); the manner of cooking which is used to make such stews une étouffée d'écrevisses ― a crayfish stew pommes de terre à l'étouffée ― stewed potato === Participle === étouffée f sg feminine singular of étouffé === Further reading === “étouffée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012