Grillade

/ɡrɪˈlɑːd/ noun

Definition

In cooking, meat or other food that is grilled or broiled; also, a grilled or fried slice of meat.

Etymology

From French 'grille' meaning 'grill' plus the suffix '-ade' indicating an action or result. The French word came from Latin 'craticula' meaning 'gridiron.' It entered English in the 18th-19th centuries through culinary terminology.

Kelly Says

The word 'grillade' sounds fancy, but it simply means 'the thing that happened on the grill'—French cooking language often takes simple concepts and wraps them in elegant suffixes.

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