Raclette Definition
rä-klĕt, ră-
noun
A Swiss dish of cheese melted before an open fire, scraped onto a plate, and served with boiled potatoes and small sour pickles.
Webster's New World
A firm cheese used in making this dish.
American Heritage
Other Word Forms of Raclette
Noun
Singular:
raclettePlural:
raclettesOrigin of Raclette
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French from racler to rake, scrape from Provençal rasclar to rake from Old Provençal from Vulgar Latin rāsculāre from rāsculum diminutive of Latin rāstrum rake rēd- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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From French raclette, the diminutive form of racler
From Wiktionary
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