velouté

US/vəluˈteɪ/

noun

A mother sauce in French cuisine, consisting of a light stock thickened with a blond roux.

OriginFrench velouté →
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Meanings

nounvelouté (countable and uncountable, plural veloutés)

plural veloutés

  1. countableuncountablecookingA mother sauce in French cuisine, consisting of a light stock thickened with a blond roux.

Origin

  1. Frenchvelouté
  2. Frenchvelouté
  3. Englishvelouté

Borrowed from French velouté (“velvety, smooth”).

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APA

velouté. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/velout%C3%A9

MLA

“velouté.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/velout%C3%A9. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “velouté,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/velout%C3%A9.

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