rissole

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UK/ˈɹɪsəʊl/US/ˈɹɪsoʊl/

noun

A ball of meat, some variants covered in pastry, which has been fried or barbecued.

OriginFrench rissole →
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Meanings

nounrissole (plural rissoles)

plural rissoles

  1. A ball of meat, some variants covered in pastry, which has been fried or barbecued.
  2. AustraliaslangAn RSL club.
verbrissole (third-person singular simple present rissoles, present participle rissoling, simple past and past participle rissoled)

present singular third person rissoles · participle present rissoling · participle past rissoled · past rissoled

  1. cookingTo turn (meat) into a rissole or rissoles.

    I never did care for Sunday joint that was served up cold on Monday, hashed on Tuesday, rissoled on Wednesday, and re-hashed on Thursday[.]

    1942 July 1, The Newcastle and Maitland Catholic Sentinel, Newcastle, NSW, page 224, column 2
  2. AustraliaslangTo reject or eject; to get rid of.

Origin

  1. Frenchrissole
  2. Englishrissole

From French rissole. Australian slang noun, from phonetic similarity; Australian slang verb, euphemistic for arsehole (verb).

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Translations

Ancient Greek τάκων
  • τάκων (tákōn)ball of meat which has been fried or barbecued
Bulgarian кюфте́
  • кюфте́ (kjufté)ball of meat which has been fried or barbecued
French rissole
  • rissoleball of meat which has been fried or barbecued
Irish riosól
  • riosólball of meat which has been fried or barbecued
Polish kotlet siekany
  • kotlet siekanyball of meat which has been fried or barbecued
Portuguese rissol, rissole
  • rissolball of meat which has been fried or barbecued
  • rissoleball of meat which has been fried or barbecued
Russian рисо́ль, котле́та
  • рисо́ль (risólʹ)ball of meat which has been fried or barbecued
  • котле́та (kotléta)ball of meat which has been fried or barbecued
  • те́фтели (téfteli)ball of meat which has been fried or barbecued
  • тефте́ли (teftéli)ball of meat which has been fried or barbecued
Welsh risol, pelen friwgig
  • risolball of meat which has been fried or barbecued
  • pelen friwgigball of meat which has been fried or barbecued

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

Rosilessolrise
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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