quenelle

English

Forming a quenelle

Etymology

Borrowed from French quenelle, from German Knödel. Doublet of knaidel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈnɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

quenelle (plural quenelles)

1. (cooking) A light dumpling made of lightly spiced minced meat or fish bound with egg and poached.
2. (cooking) An elliptical shape moulded by chefs from soft foods using two spoons.
3. A gesture which is usually performed by pointing one arm diagonally downwards palm down, while touching the shoulder with the opposite hand, in a manner similar to an inverted Nazi salute.

Translations

dumpling

• Bulgarian: кнедла (bg) f (knedla)
• Dutch: quenelle (nl) f
• French: quenelle (fr) f
• Ido: kenelo (io)

Verb

quenelle (third-person singular simple present quenelles, present participle quenelling, simple past and past participle quenelled)

1. (cooking) To form a quenelle.

Further reading

• quenelle on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

From French quenelle, from German Knödel (“dumpling”). The gesture and its name after French comedian, political activist, and notorious anti-Semite Dieudonné M’bala M’bala.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəˈnɛ.lə/

• Audio:

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Noun

quenelle f (plural quenelles, diminutive quenelletje n)

1. dumpling, quenelle (food)
2. quenelle (gesture)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from German Knödel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kə.nɛl/

• Audio:

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Noun

quenelle f (plural quenelles)

1. (cooking) dumpling, quenelle
2. (slang) penis
3. (slang) quenelle (gesture)

Further reading

• “quenelle”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• quenelle on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French quenelle.

Noun

quenelle m (invariable)

1. quenelle (gesture)