entrelarder

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French entrelarder, itself from Old French entrelarder (“to thrust into the flesh”) (1176-1181). By surface analysis, entre- (“(in) between”) +‎ larder (“to lard”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.tʁə.laʁ.de/ === Verb === entrelarder (transitive, cooking) to place pieces of bacon into meat; (obsolete) to interlard entrelarder un filet de bœuf ― to interlard a beef fillet (transitive, figuratively) to furnish something all over by interweaving, or interspersing, often as to embellish: to adorn, to interlard entrelarder de vers un ouvrage ― to adorn a work with many verses entrelarder son discours d’épigrammes ― to fill one's discourse with epigrams (transitive, figuratively) to insert, spray, bestrew something in various parts ==== Conjugation ==== === Further reading === “entrelarder”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012