roux

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French roux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹuː/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -uː
• Homophones: rue, roo

Noun

roux (plural roux)

1. A mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews.

Derived terms

• curry roux
• water roux

 

Translations

mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews

• Catalan: roux (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奶油炒麵糊／奶油炒面糊 (nǎiyóu chǎo miànhú), 乳酪麵粉糊／乳酪面粉糊 (rǔlào miànfěn hú), 炒麵糊／炒面糊 (chǎo miànhú) (short form)

• Czech: jíška (cs) f, zápražka f
• Danish: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: roux (nl) m
• Finnish: roux (fi)
• French: roux (fr)
• German: Mehlschwitze (de) f, Einbrenn (de) f
• Hebrew: רביכה (he) m (revikhá)
• Hungarian: rántás (hu)
• Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
• Italian: roux m
• Japanese: ルー (rū)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: запршка f (zaprška), запршка f (zaprška)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: please add this translation if you can

• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: zasmażka (pl) f
• Portuguese: roux m
• Romanian: rântaș (ro) n
• Russian: ру (ru) n (ru)
• Serbo-Croatian: zafrig (sh)
• Slovak: zápražka f
• Spanish: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: redning (sv) c
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Yiddish: אײַנברען m (aynbren), אײַנגעברענטס n (ayngebrents)

Further reading

• roux on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• & uxor

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French ros, from Latin russus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁu/

• Audio:

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• Homophone: roue

Adjective

roux (feminine rousse, masculine plural roux, feminine plural rousses)

1. russet
2. red, ginger (refers to hair of a reddish-brown color)

Derived terms

• écureuil roux
• lynx roux
• rouquin
• sucre roux

 

Noun

roux m (plural roux, feminine rousse)

1. redhead (man)

   Synonym: (informal) rouquin

2. (cooking) roux (a mixture of fat and flour)

See also

• rouge

Further reading

• “roux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.