assiette

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noun

A plate of food, but typically a small plate containing the same food item prepared in various different ways

OriginFrench assiette →
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Meanings

nounassiette (plural assiettes)

plural assiettes

  1. A plate of food, but typically a small plate containing the same food item prepared in various different ways
  2. A mixture of bole, bloodstone, and galena once used in bookbinding as a gilding surface

Origin

  1. Frenchassiette
  2. Englishassiette

Borrowed from French assiette. Doublet of ashet.

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APA

assiette. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assiette

MLA

“assiette.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assiette. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “assiette,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/assiette.

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