meunière

[ muhn-yair; French mœ-nyer ]

adjective

1. (of food, especially fish) dipped in flour, sautéed in butter, and sprinkled with lemon juice and chopped parsley.

meunière

/ mønjɛr; mənˈjɛə /

adjective

1. (of fish) dredged with flour, fried in butter, and served with butter, lemon juice, and parsley

Word History and Origins

Origin of meunière¹

1840–50; < French, by ellipsis from à la meunière literally, in the manner of a miller's wife; feminine of meunier miller, Old French molnier < Vulgar Latin *molīnārius, equivalent to Late Latin molīn ( a ) mill ¹ + Latin -ārius -ary ( -eu- from meule millstone or meut earlier inflected form of moudre to grind)

Word History and Origins

Origin of meunière¹

French, literally: miller's wife

Example Sentences

During the festival, food available on site includes crawfish bread, pecan catfish meuniere and catfish almondine, cochon de lait and turducken po-boys, boudin, crawfish étouffée, jambalaya, crawfish Monica and shrimp and grits.

From Seattle Times

Think salads jump-started with gochujang; sole meunière that brings to mind a top French restaurant; and crumbled lamb, feta cheese and breezy mint affixed to their plate with tahini — small plates that yield big pleasure.

From Washington Post

The welcome outlier in the collection is sole meunière, gently sauteed fish whose sweet flavor is flattered with capers and lemon.

From Washington Post

Their fingers fluttered to scribble invisible words such as “ikebana,” “meunière,” “wiliwili” and “obvertend” into their palms.

From Washington Post

Jaíne, a tall and smiling Brazilian woman whom I already love, decides to make sole meunière quenelles, a sort of poached fish mousse ball, which worries me.

From Salon