Meanings
roux1
nounroux (countable and uncountable, plural roux)
- countableuncountableA mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews.
“The problem with the classic mother sauces,” according to the chef Michael Solomonov, who cooks modern Israeli food at his restaurant Zahav in Philadelphia, “is that most of them are made with roux. Now, roux is out. Nobody uses it, except when you’re making macaroni and cheese.”
2016 August 2, Samin Nosrat, “Five Sauces for the Modern Cook”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Aug 2016
Roux2
proper noun
- A speedsolving method in which the user solves a Rubik's cube block-by-block rather than layer-by-layer.
- A surname
Origin
roux · noun
- Frenchroux
- Frenchroux
- Englishroux
Borrowed from French roux.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Roux · proper noun
Rubik's cube thingy's named after French speedcuber Gilles Roux (WCA ID: 2004ROUX01).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian запръжка
- запръжка (zaprăžka)mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Catalan roux
- rouxmixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Chinese Mandarin 奶油炒麵糊 /奶油炒面糊, 乳酪麵粉糊 /乳酪面粉糊
- 奶油炒麵糊 /奶油炒面糊 (nǎiyóu chǎo miànhú)mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
- 乳酪麵粉糊 /乳酪面粉糊 (rǔlào miànfěn hú)mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
- 炒麵糊 /炒面糊 (chǎo miànhú)mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Czech jíška, zápražka
- jíškamixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
- zápražkamixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Dutch roux
- rouxmixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Finnish roux, rasvasuurus
- rouxmixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
- rasvasuurusmixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
French roux
- rouxmixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
German Mehlschwitze, Einbrenn
- Mehlschwitzemixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
- Einbrennmixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Hebrew רביכה
- רביכה (revikhá)mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Hungarian rántás
- rántásmixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Italian roux
- rouxmixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Japanese ルー
- ルー (rū)mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Polish zasmażka
- zasmażkamixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Portuguese roux
- rouxmixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Romanian rântaș
- rântașmixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Russian ру
- руmixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Slovak zápražka
- zápražkamixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Spanish roux
- rouxmixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Swedish bottenredning
- bottenredningmixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Yiddish אײַנברען, אײַנגעברענטס
- אײַנברען (aynbren)mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
- אײַנגעברענטס (ayngebrents)mixture of fat (usually butter) and flour used to thicken sauces and stews
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with roux
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Cite this entry
APA
roux. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roux
MLA
“roux.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roux. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “roux,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roux.
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