choucroute
French
Etymology
From Alsatian Alemannic German surkrut, Surkrut, Sürkrut (standard German Sauerkraut). The first part of the word was modified by folk etymology to French chou (“cabbage”). Since -croute (krut, German Kraut) is that part of the Germanic word that indeed means “cabbage”, the French form quite literally is “cabbage-cabbage”.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʃu.kʁut/
Audio (Paris) (file) - Rhymes: -ut
Noun
choucroute f (usually uncountable, plural choucroutes)
- sauerkraut (a dish made by fermenting finely chopped cabbage)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “choucroute”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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