ASSIETTE


Meaning of ASSIETTE in English

noun

( -s )

Etymology: French, from Middle French, seating of guests at table, course (of a meal), from Old French, assessment (of a tax), from (assumed) Vulgar Latin assedita action of seating or placing, from feminine of asseditus, past participle of assedēre to seat, place — more at assize

1.

a. : plate 3c

b. : hors d'oeuvres or cold cuts served on one plate

2. : a mixture of bole, bloodstone, and galena used as a gilding surface (as by bookbinders)

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