səˈmeɪ, ˈkɒn noun
a clear soup made by boiling meat or chicken, bones, vegetables, etc., to extract their nutritive properties: served hot or jellied.
Origin:
1805–15; < French, noun use of consommé, past participle of consommer to finish < Latin consummāre to add up, finish; see consummate
1805–15; < French, noun use of consommé, past participle of consommer to finish < Latin consummāre to add up, finish; see consummate
Synonyms
broth.
broth.
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| —n | |
| a clear soup made from meat or chicken stock | |
| [C19: from French, from consommer to finish, use up, from Latin consummāre; so called because all the goodness of the meat goes into the liquid] | |
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Word Origin & History
consomme
1815, from Fr. consommé, noun use of pp. of consommer, from L. consummare "to complete" (see consummation).
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