cassoulet

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noun

A rich stew originating in southwest France containing beans and meat.

OriginFrench cassoulet ← Occitan caçolet →
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Meanings

nouncassoulet (countable and uncountable, plural cassoulets)

plural cassoulets

  1. countableuncountableA rich stew originating in southwest France containing beans and meat.

    He’d made cassoulet, rich with pork and duck and lamb, glistening with oil and so delicious and sinful that everyone in the room let out audible sighs after their first bites.

    2020, Yaa Gyasi, Transcendent Kingdom, Viking (2021), page 64

Origin

  1. Occitancaçolet
  2. Frenchcassoulet
  3. Englishcassoulet

Unadapted borrowing from French cassoulet, from Occitan caçolet.

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Translations

Catalan cassolet, cassoleta
  • cassoleta rich stew originating in southwest France containing beans and meat
  • cassoletaa rich stew originating in southwest France containing beans and meat
  • mongetadaa rich stew originating in southwest France containing beans and meat
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APA

cassoulet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cassoulet

MLA

“cassoulet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cassoulet. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cassoulet,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cassoulet.

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