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rôti

roast (meat)

noun roh-TEE Rare
Food & Drink Meat

Usage Note

Rôti is the standard French word for a roast joint of meat; un rôti de porc (pork roast) or un rôti de boeuf (beef roast) are Sunday meal classics. As an adjective, rôti simply means roasted. The circumflex on the ô marks a historical dropped -s- (cf. English 'roast').

Examples

"Maman prépare un rôti de veau le dimanche."

Natural Translation

Mum makes a veal roast on Sundays.

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