é·touf·fée 
(ā′t-fā)
(ā′t-fā)n. pl. é·touf·fées (-fā)
A spicy Cajun stew of vegetables and seafood, especially crayfish or shrimp.
[Louisiana French, from French (à l')étouffée, stewed, alteration (influenced by étouffer, to smother) of étuvée, past participle of étuver, to stew, from Old French estuver; see STEW.]