Definition of choucroute in English:
choucroute
noun ˈʃuːkruːtSHo͞oˈkro͞ot
mass nounPickled cabbage; sauerkraut.
Example sentencesExamples
- Here we serve 100 platefuls of choucroute a day.
- However, the German name Sauerkraut and the French choucroute (a corruption of the German) were already in use, and stuck when the technique changed.
- More tempting still was the lamb loin with braised belly and choucroute.
- Chez Yvonne dishes up the best choucroute garnie, heaps of sauerkraut blanketed by cuts of pork and potatoes.
- They sell fresh cheeses, roasting chickens, freshly-picked herbs, ripe melons, simmering pots of choucroute, arrays of olives and spices, brilliantly-coloured stone fruits in the summer, game birds, boar and wild mushrooms in the autumn.
Origin
French, from German dialect Surkrut 'sauerkraut', influenced by French chou 'cabbage'.