mechoui

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noun

A Maghrebi dish consisting of meat from a whole sheep or lamb spit-roasted on a barbecue.

OriginFrench méchoui ← Arabic مَشْوِيّ →
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Meanings

nounmechoui (countable and uncountable, plural mechouis)

plural mechouis · alternative meshwi

  1. countableuncountableA Maghrebi dish consisting of meat from a whole sheep or lamb spit-roasted on a barbecue.

Origin

  1. Arabicمَشْوِيّ
  2. Frenchméchoui
  3. Englishmechoui

From French méchoui, from Arabic مَشْوِيّ (mašwiyy).

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APA

mechoui. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mechoui

MLA

“mechoui.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mechoui. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mechoui,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mechoui.

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