daube

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French daube. === Noun === daube (countable and uncountable, plural daubes) A stew of braised meat, usually beef. == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from obsolete Italian dobba (“marinade”), perhaps from Catalan adobar (“to marinate”). The Italian word is no longer in current use but still found in Sicilian. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /dob/ Rhymes: -ob === Noun === daube f (plural daubes) stew, casserole; daube (slang) crap; crappiness (something of low quality) C'est trop de la daube ce film! ― This film definitively sucks! ==== Related terms ==== daubière === Verb === daube inflection of dauber: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative === References === === Further reading === “daube”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012