bouillabaisse

Related to bouillabaisse: paella, cioppino, fish stew

bouil·la·baisse

(bo͞o′yə-bās′, bo͞ol′yə-bās′)

1. A highly seasoned stew made of several kinds of fish and shellfish, tomatoes, olive oil, and often saffron.

2. A combination of various different, often incongruous elements: a bouillabaisse of special interests.

[French, from Provençal bouiabaisso : boui, imperative of bouie, to boil (from Latin bullīre, from bulla, bubble) + abaisso, imperative of abeissa, to lower (from Vulgar Latin *abbassiāre : Latin ad-, ad- + Medieval Latin bassus, low).]

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bouillabaisse

(ˌbuːjəˈbɛs)

(Cookery) a rich stew or soup of fish and vegetables flavoured with spices, esp saffron

[C19: from French, from Provençal bouiabaisso, literally: boil down]

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bouil•la•baisse

(ˌbu yəˈbeɪs, ˌbul-, ˈbu yəˌbeɪs, ˈbul-)

n.

a soup or stew containing several kinds of fish and often shellfish, usu. combined with olive oil, tomatoes, and saffron.

[1850–55; < French < Occitan boui-abaisso]

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bouillabaisse - highly seasoned Mediterranean soup or stew made of several kinds of fish and shellfish with tomatoes and onions or leeks and seasoned with saffron and garlic and herbs

fish stew - a stew made with fish

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bouillabaisse

[ˈbuːjəbɛs] n → bouillabaisse f

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