Meanings
- not comparablecookingCovered with a crust of breadcrumbs (and often cheese) then browned under a grill.
The 7:30 prix fixe meal ($35 per person) is served communally in the courtyard. The four courses included scallops in a tomato and chili cream sauce, risotto and a cassoulet of either seafood or chicken covered with mashed potatoes au gratin.
2012 October 20, John B. Saul, The Seattle Times, retrieved 24 Oct 2012Synonyms: gratinee
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveCovered with a crust of breadcrumbs (and often cheese) then browned under a grill.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivecooked while covered with browned breadcrumbs (and sometimes cheese)
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Frenchau gratin
- Englishau gratin
Unadapted borrowing from French au gratin.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish gratinoitu
- gratinoitucovered with a crust
Indonesian au gratin
- au gratincovered with a crust
Swedish -gratäng, gratinerad
- -gratängcovered with a crust
- gratineradcovered with a crust
Cite this entry
au gratin. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/au%20gratin
“au gratin.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/au%20gratin. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “au gratin,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/au%20gratin.
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