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fouetter

to whip, to lash

verb fweh-TEH Rare
Food & Drink Cooking

Also means

to whisk (in cooking)

Usage Note

Fouetter is used literally for whipping (punishment or driving animals) and in cooking for whisking or whipping cream (fouetter la crème). The idiomatic expression il n'y a pas de quoi fouetter un chat (literally 'no reason to whip a cat') means 'it's nothing to make a fuss about'. The noun is fouet (whip, whisk).

Examples

"Fouettez la crème jusqu'à ce qu'elle soit ferme."

Natural Translation

Whip the cream until it is firm.

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