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raclette
 
SYLLABICATION:ra·clette
PRONUNCIATION:  rä-klt, r-
NOUN:1. A Swiss dish consisting of cheese melted and served on boiled potatoes or bread. 2. A firm cheese used in making this dish.
ETYMOLOGY:French, from racler, to rake, scrape, from Provençal rasclar, to rake, from Old Provençal, from Vulgar Latin *rsculre, from *rsculum, diminutive of Latin rstrum, rake. See rd- in Appendix I.
 
 
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