vellute

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• velouté — noun Etymology: French, literally, velvetiness, from Middle French velluté, from Old Occitan velut velvety, from Vulgar Latin *villutus Date: 1830 a soup or sauce made of chicken, veal, or fish stock and cream and thickened with butter and flour …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• velouté — /veuh looh tay /, n. a smooth white sauce made with meat, poultry, or fish stock. Also called velouté sauce. [ < F: lit., velvety, velvetiness, MF velluté, equiv. to vellut ( < Pr velut VELVET) + é ATE1] * * * …   Universalium

• velouté — velouté, ée [ vəlute ] adj. et n. m. • veluté 1450; de veloux, velous→ velours I ♦ Adj. 1 ♦ Doux au toucher comme du velours. ⇒ duveté. Une pêche veloutée. ♢ Qui a l aspect d une chose douce au toucher. Teint velouté. 2 ♦ Doux et onctueux (au… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• velluto — 1vel·lù·to s.m. AU 1. tessuto ricoperto di pelo fitto, corto e morbido sul diritto: velluto di seta, di lana; velluto a coste, giacca di velluto 2. estens., abito, indumento fatto con tale tessuto: indossare un velluto 3. fig., cosa morbida e… …   Dizionario italiano

• velluto — velluto1 pl.m. velluti velluto1 sing.f. velluta velluto1 pl.f. vellute velluto2 pl.m. velluti …   Dizionario dei sinonimi e contrari

• velouté — ve•lou•té [[t]və luˈteɪ[/t]] n. coo a smooth white sauce made with meat, poultry, or fish stock. Also called velouté′ sauce • Etymology: < F: lit., velvety, velvetiness, MF velluté=vellut (< Oc velut velvet) + é ate I …   From formal English to slang