daube
See also: daubé
English
editEtymology
editNoun
editdaube (countable and uncountable, plural daubes)
- A stew of braised meat, usually beef.
- 1963 (date written), John Kennedy Toole, A Confederacy of Dunces, Baton Rouge, La.: Louisiana State University Press, published 1980, →ISBN:
- “Christ, I tell you true, Irene, that child won't listen to nobody! I'm trying to cook her some spaghettis and daube, and she keeps on playing in my pot.”
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from obsolete Italian dobba (“marinade”), perhaps from Catalan adobar (“to marinate”). The Italian word is no longer in current use but still found in Sicilian.[1]
Pronunciation
editNoun
editdaube f (plural daubes)
- stew, casserole; daube
- (slang) crap; crappiness (something of low quality)
- C’est trop de la daube ce film! ― This film definitively sucks!
Related terms
editVerb
editdaube
- inflection of dauber:
References
edit- ^ Etymology and history of “daube”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Further reading
edit- “daube”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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