RACLETTE


Meaning of RACLETTE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ra-ˈklet, rä- ]

noun

Etymology: French, literally, scraper, from racler to scrape, from Middle French, from Old Occitan rasclar, from Vulgar Latin * rasiculare, from Latin rasus, past participle of radere to scrape — more at rodent

Date: circa 1949

: a Swiss dish consisting of cheese melted over a fire and then scraped onto bread or boiled potatoes ; also : the cheese used in this dish

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