papillote

See also: papilloté

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French papillote.

Noun

papillote (plural papillotes)

  1. (cooking) A small piece of aluminum foil or parchment paper, wrapped around food during cooking.
  2. (hair styling) A small piece of paper on which women roll up their hair to make it curl.

Synonyms

  • (hair styling): curl paper, curlpaper, curling paper

References

  • papillote in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams


French

Etymology

From papillon with a change of suffix to -ote.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /pa.pi.jɔt/
  • (file)

Noun

papillote f (plural papillotes)

  1. Wrapper or packet for food during cooking, trapping steam to provide a most cooking or streaming environment, often made from aluminium foil or parchment paper
    rouget en papillote.
    red mullet cooked in a packet.
    1. Meal cooked in a packet, envelope, or pouch, often made from aluminium foil or parchment paper
      papillotes de veau.
      cooking packets of veal.
  2. (hair styling) a small piece of paper on which women roll up their hair to make it curl
    Mettre des papillotes sur la tête.
    Put some curling papers on your head.
    1. curly hair obtained with this method; ringlets
      Elle était nu-tête, de longues papillotes à l'anglaise, d'un blond cendré, tombaient avec une grâce exquise sur ses épaules décolletées.
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    2. (in particular) curly sideburns, payot
      Les papillotes traditionnelles des Juifs orthodoxes s'appellent les "péoths" ou "peyots".
      The traditional sideburns of Orthodox Jews are called "payot" ["péoths" or "peyots" in French].
  3. Vividly coloured paper wrap for crackers and other sweets.
    Bonbon enveloppé dans sa papillote.
    Sweet wrapped in its wrapper.
    1. sweet wrapped with a papillote.
      Elle nous donnait en guise d'étrennes, à chacun, une papillote de chocolat...
      She gave us each as a gift a wrapped piece of chocolate...

Verb

papillote

  1. first-person singular present indicative of papilloter
  2. third-person singular present indicative of papilloter
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of papilloter
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of papilloter
  5. second-person singular imperative of papilloter

Synonyms

Derived terms

Further reading


Norman

Etymology

From Latin pāpiliō (compare French papillon, with the same meaning).

Noun

papillote f (plural papillotes)

  1. (Jersey) butterfly

Derived terms


Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French papillote.

Pronunciation

  • (Castilian) IPA(key): /papiˈʎote/, [papiˈʎot̪e]
  • (Latin America) IPA(key): /papiˈɟ͡ʝote/, [papiˈʝot̪e]

Noun

papillote f (plural papillotes)

  1. papillote

Further reading

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