rissole

¹

[ ri-sohl, ris-ohl; French ree-sawl ]

noun

, plural ris·soles [ri-, sohlz, ris, -ohlz, r, ee-, sawl].

1. a small pastry, often in turnover form, filled with a mixture containing meat or fish and usually fried in deep fat.

rissolé

²

[ ris-uh-lee, ris-uh-ley; French ree-saw-ley ]

adjective

1. (of foods) browned in deep fat.

rissole

/ ˈrɪsəʊl /

noun

1. a mixture of minced cooked meat coated in egg and breadcrumbs and fried Compare croquette

Word History and Origins

Origin of rissole¹

1700–10; < French; Middle French roissole, rousole, perhaps < Vulgar Latin *russeola (feminine adj.) reddish

Origin of rissole²

< French, past participle of rissoler to brown, derivative of rissole rissole

Word History and Origins

Origin of rissole¹

C18: from French, probably ultimately from Latin russus red; see russet

Example Sentences

Like any fritter, patty or rissole, these will hold their shape better if you chill them for half an hour before you cook them.

From The Guardian

A rissole is the traditional British version of a meatball, sometimes round but usually of oblong shape.

From New York Times

"No room for quiet ones here," roars the enormous Welshman, crashing into your insecurities in his Ford Banter, then reversing over them, twice, while shouting, "Don't yawn when Nev's speaking or he will throw things at you, such as a rissole," for good measure.

From The Guardian

But it's easier to swallow that frown, grab a rissole and join in.

From The Guardian

Finø's authorities step in, in the form of the Kommune's director "Bodil Hippopotamus", two plainclothes police officers who stick out on Finø "like two tree frogs on a fish rissole", a drug-addled count who runs a rehabilitation centre as directed by the little blue men who bring him magic mushrooms, a bishop and a forensic psychiatrist.

From The Guardian