allumetten.

Brit.

/alᵿˈmɛt/, U.S.

/æləˈmɛt/

Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French allumette.

Etymology: < Middle French, French allumette match (1213 in Old French as alumete ), food cut in the shape of a match (1379) < allumer to set light to (see allumine v.) + -ette -ette suffix. N.E.D. (1884) gives the unassimilated pronunciation (alüme·t) /alyˈmɛt/.

1. A match, spill, etc., used for lighting something.In quot. 1601 in figurative context.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > match, spill, or taper for lighting > specifically ignited by friction

allumette1601

fire cane1644

paper match1780

Strasbourg match1825

match1830

lucifer match1831

fusee1832

loco-foco1835

oxymuriatic match1835

Congreve1839

Vesta1839

friction-match1847

safety match1850

German Congreve1851

Vesuvian1853

star1862

safety1876

tandstickor1884

post-and-railsa1890

book match1899

Swan Vesta1908

1601 Bp. W. Barlow Def. Protestants Relig. 161 The allumettes, or sulphurated fuell, by which sinne is easely kindled.

1823 Knight's Q. Mag. 1 5 My hand drew up the petition which your..brother has scandalously disowned; and which my fair cousin..is at this moment twisting and torturing for the manufacture of Allumettes!

1843 Bentley's Misc. Mar. 211 He procured a light from a box of cigar allumettes that he always carried with him.

1878 M. E. Herbert tr. J. A. von Hübner Ramble round World i. xii. 193 If any allumettes are discovered they are pitilessly confiscated.

1891 Sandusky (Ohio) Daily Reg. 24 Jan. The impresario detached the check from the book, and having rolled it into an allumette lit his cigar with it.

1998 Independent (Nexis) 30 July 13 We are treated to wonderful cinematography and enough smouldering glances to spark up an allumette at 50 yards.

2. Cookery. Chiefly in plural. A thin strip cut from a vegetable or other item of food, so as to resemble a matchstick. Also attributive, in allumette potatoes. Cf. pommes allumettes n.

ΚΠ

1882 C. G. J. Reeve Cookery & Housek. 259 (heading) Anchovy allumettes... Dry them and cut into long thin strips.

1931 Oak Leaves (Oak Park, Illinois) 20 Mar. 96/1 (advt.) Allumette Potatoes.

1959 Home Encycl. 6 Allumettes. Fried potatoes cut as finely as match-sticks.

1962 Irish Times 27 Aug. 8/1 Allumettes of fine pastry..seem tops at a summer (Heaven save us!) party.

1992 Palm Beach (Florida) Post (Nexis) 9 Oct. (TGIF section) 26 Sauteed Florida snapper..with a crispy topping of allumette potatoes.

2007 Toronto Life (Nexis) May 118 A dainty package of poached fluke set under a thin round of lotus root and enlivened with tiny shoots, allumettes of radish and a citrusy..jelly.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	allumette
释义	allumetten. Brit. /alᵿˈmɛt/, U.S. /æləˈmɛt/ Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French allumette. Etymology: < Middle French, French allumette match (1213 in Old French as alumete ), food cut in the shape of a match (1379) < allumer to set light to (see allumine v.) + -ette -ette suffix. N.E.D. (1884) gives the unassimilated pronunciation (alüme·t) /alyˈmɛt/. 1. A match, spill, etc., used for lighting something.In quot. 1601 in figurative context. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > materials > fuel > material for igniting > [noun] > match, spill, or taper for lighting > specifically ignited by friction allumette1601 fire cane1644 paper match1780 Strasbourg match1825 match1830 lucifer match1831 fusee1832 loco-foco1835 oxymuriatic match1835 Congreve1839 Vesta1839 friction-match1847 safety match1850 German Congreve1851 Vesuvian1853 star1862 safety1876 tandstickor1884 post-and-railsa1890 book match1899 Swan Vesta1908 1601 Bp. W. Barlow Def. Protestants Relig. 161 The allumettes, or sulphurated fuell, by which sinne is easely kindled. 1823 Knight's Q. Mag. 1 5 My hand drew up the petition which your..brother has scandalously disowned; and which my fair cousin..is at this moment twisting and torturing for the manufacture of Allumettes! 1843 Bentley's Misc. Mar. 211 He procured a light from a box of cigar allumettes that he always carried with him. 1878 M. E. Herbert tr. J. A. von Hübner Ramble round World i. xii. 193 If any allumettes are discovered they are pitilessly confiscated. 1891 Sandusky (Ohio) Daily Reg. 24 Jan. The impresario detached the check from the book, and having rolled it into an allumette lit his cigar with it. 1998 Independent (Nexis) 30 July 13 We are treated to wonderful cinematography and enough smouldering glances to spark up an allumette at 50 yards. 2. Cookery. Chiefly in plural. A thin strip cut from a vegetable or other item of food, so as to resemble a matchstick. Also attributive, in allumette potatoes. Cf. pommes allumettes n. ΚΠ 1882 C. G. J. Reeve Cookery & Housek. 259 (heading) Anchovy allumettes... Dry them and cut into long thin strips. 1931 Oak Leaves (Oak Park, Illinois) 20 Mar. 96/1 (advt.) Allumette Potatoes. 1959 Home Encycl. 6 Allumettes. Fried potatoes cut as finely as match-sticks. 1962 Irish Times 27 Aug. 8/1 Allumettes of fine pastry..seem tops at a summer (Heaven save us!) party. 1992 Palm Beach (Florida) Post (Nexis) 9 Oct. (TGIF section) 26 Sauteed Florida snapper..with a crispy topping of allumette potatoes. 2007 Toronto Life (Nexis) May 118 A dainty package of poached fluke set under a thin round of lotus root and enlivened with tiny shoots, allumettes of radish and a citrusy..jelly. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1601
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