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
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Other Word Forms of Raclette

Noun

Singular:
raclette
Plural:
raclettes

Origin of Raclette

  • 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

  • From French raclette, the diminutive form of racler

    From Wiktionary

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