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bouillabaisse

bouillabaisse

English

Noun

bouillabaisse (plural bouillabaisses)

  1. A bouillabaisse, a type of French fish soup.
  2. (figuratively) A mixture.
    intellectual bouillabaisse
    the radical bouillabaisse that is American politics

Translations


French

Etymology

bouillir + à + baisse (literally, to boil at low [temperature]).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bu.ja.bɛs/

Noun

bouillabaisse f (plural bouillabaisses)

  1. a type of fish soup or stew which originates from Provence in France