étuvée
French, noun/e.ty.ve/
étuvée is spelled É-T-U-V-É-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written French, the 186,002nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Étuvée is a French feminine noun meaning “steaming (of food)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of étuvé. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Manière de cuire des aliments en vase clos, par la vapeur d’eau”.
What does étuvée mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesteaming (of food)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of étuvé
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Manière de cuire des aliments en vase clos, par la vapeur d’eau. 2. Aliment assaisonné et cuit à l’étuvée.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of étuvée
- étuvées plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce étuvée?
- /e.ty.ve/
- \e.ty.ve\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is étuvée in French?
étuvée appears about once in every 34 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).