parboil

English

Etymology

From Middle English parboyle, from Old French parbouillir (“to boil thoroughly”), from Medieval Latin perbulliō, from Latin per (“thoroughly”) + bulliō (“I boil”). Sense “to boil partially” (c.1440), rather than original “to boil thoroughly” is by corruption: associating the prefix with part (from Latin pars (“part”)) rather than per.

Verb

parboil (third-person singular simple present parboils, present participle parboiling, simple past and past participle parboiled)

1. To boil food briefly so that it is partly cooked.

Related terms

• parbake
• parcook
• parfry
• blanch

Translations

partially boil

• Bulgarian: попарвам (bg) (poparvam), бланширам (bg) (blanširam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 煮成半熟 (zhǔ chéng bànshú)

• Czech: předvařit
• Dutch: blancheren (nl)
• Finnish: kiehauttaa (fi), ryöpätä (fi)
• French: blanchir (fr)
• Galician: aferventar (gl)
• German: blanchieren (de), ankochen
• Italian: sbollentare (it)
• Norman: parbouoilli
• Polish: podgotowywać impf, podgotować pf
• Portuguese: parboilizar (pt)
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: sancochar (es)
• Swedish: förvälla (sv)
• Thai: ลวก (th) (lûuak)

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