meunière
[ muh n-yair; French mœ-nyer ]
/ mənˈyɛər; French mœˈnyɛr /
adjective
(of food, especially fish) dipped in flour, sautéed in butter, and sprinkled with lemon juice and chopped parsley.
Origin of meunière
1840–50; < French, by ellipsis from
à la meunière literally, in the manner of a miller's wife; feminine of
meunier miller, Old French
molnier < Vulgar Latin
*molīnārius, equivalent to Late Latin
molīn(a)
mill1 + Latin
-ārius
-ary (
-eu- from
meule millstone or
meut earlier inflected form of
moudre to grind)
Words nearby meunière
metyrapone,
metz,
meu,
meum et tuum,
meung,
meunière,
meursault,
meurthe-et-moselle,
meuse,
mev,
mevrou
British Dictionary definitions for meuniere
meunière
/ (mənˈjɛə, French mønjɛr) /
adjective
(of fish) dredged with flour, fried in butter, and served with butter, lemon juice, and parsley
Word Origin for meunière
French, literally: miller's wife