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réchauffé

réchauffé

9.9
A dish using reheated leftovers with new ingredients or seasoning
  • noun
  • /reɪˈʃɔːfeɪ/
translation icon : réchauffé
  • We often have a réchauffé on Mondays, using Sunday roast leftovers.

Examples

  • Last night's stew was turned into a delicious réchauffé for lunch.

  • The chef presented a clever réchauffé that tasted better than the original meal.

  • I enjoyed the réchauffé for dinner last night.

  • This réchauffé tastes even better than the original dish.

  • Last night's stew was turned into a delicious réchauffé for lunch.

  • We often have a réchauffé on Mondays, using Sunday roast leftovers.

  • The chef presented a clever réchauffé that tasted better than the original meal.

Synonyms

dish
vsréchauffé
332 1.0

A particular cooked food served as part of a meal

is a specific reheated preparation made from previously served food
rechauffe
vsréchauffé
9.9

A dish made by warming leftover food

has identical meaning but is the accented French form
leftovers
vsréchauffé
1.0

Food remaining after a meal that you save to eat later

refers to the same food after it is reheated and reworked

Compounds

réchauffé version
  • Literature
9.9

An idea or work copied from before that feels old and not new

How Fresh

réchauffé
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leftovers
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Surface Forms

réchauffé singular
réchauffés plural

Etymology

Réchauffé comes from French and literally means 'reheated', from re- 'again' and chauffer 'to heat', like the English word reheat. So a réchauffé is food, often leftovers, that is warmed or given new flavor to become a new dish.