quenelle

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French quenelle, from German Knödel. Doublet of knaidel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəˈnɛl/ Rhymes: -ɛl === Noun === quenelle (plural quenelles) (cooking) A light dumpling made of lightly spiced minced meat or fish bound with egg and poached. (cooking) An elliptical shape moulded by chefs from soft foods using two spoons. A gesture which is usually performed by pointing one arm diagonally downwards palm down, while touching the shoulder with the opposite hand, in a manner similar to an inverted Nazi salute. ==== Translations ==== === Verb === quenelle (third-person singular simple present quenelles, present participle quenelling, simple past and past participle quenelled) (cooking) To form a quenelle. === Further reading === quenelle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia quenelle (gesture) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia == Dutch == === Etymology === From French quenelle, from German Knödel (“dumpling”). The gesture and its name after French comedian, political activist, and notorious anti-Semite Dieudonné M’bala M’bala. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəˈnɛ.lə/ === Noun === quenelle f (plural quenelles, diminutive quenelletje n) dumpling, quenelle (food) quenelle (gesture) == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Knödel. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kə.nɛl/ === Noun === quenelle f (plural quenelles) (cooking) dumpling, quenelle (slang) penis (slang) quenelle (gesture) === Further reading === “quenelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 quenelle on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French quenelle. === Noun === quenelle m (invariable) quenelle (gesture)