choucroute

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French choucroute. Doublet of sauerkraut. === Noun === choucroute (uncountable) sauerkraut == French == === Etymology === From Alsatian Alemannic German surkrut, Surkrut, Sürkrut (standard German Sauerkraut). The first part of the word was modified by folk etymology to French chou (“cabbage”). Since -croute (krut, German Kraut) is that part of the Germanic word that indeed means “cabbage”, the French form quite literally is “cabbage-cabbage”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʃu.kʁut/ Rhymes: -ut === Noun === choucroute f (usually uncountable, plural choucroutes) sauerkraut (a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage) ==== Derived terms ==== aucun rapport avec la choucroute pédaler dans la choucroute ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: xucrut → Portuguese: chucrute → Spanish: chucrut === Further reading === “choucroute”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012