étouffée


é·touf·fée

E0232400 (ā′to͞o-fā′)n. pl. é·touf·fées (-fā′) A spicy Cajun stew of vegetables and seafood, especially crayfish or shrimp.
[Louisiana French, from French (à l')étouffée, stewed, alteration (influenced by étouffer, to smother) of étuvée, past participle of étuver, to stew, from Old French estuver; see stew.]

étouffée

(etufe) n (Cookery) a spicy Cajun stew