raclette

noun

ra·clette ra-ˈklet

rä-

: a Swiss dish consisting of cheese melted over a fire and then scraped onto bread or boiled potatoes

also : the cheese used in this dish

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Don’t tap out quite yet, there’s still melty raclette warming over a tea candle. —

Elazar Sontag, Bon Appétit, 9 Sep. 2024 Caramelized spring leeks, spinach and raclette cheese come together for a hot and melty dip alongside wonton chips dusted with Kool Ranch seasoning. —

Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2024 So says Silvan Kraemer, co-owner of Stable, popular for its fondue, raclette and other warming comfort foods. —

Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 26 June 2024 The Park Place location also has a pizza oven and offers such varieties as margherita, Hawaiian and raclette (olive oil, raclette cheese, mozzarella, prosciutto and steamed potatoes). —

Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 24 June 2024 See all Example Sentences for raclette

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from French, borrowed from Swiss French (Valais) (perhaps originally from a Franco-Provençal form), from racler "to scrape, even or clean by scraping" (going back to Middle French raicler, racler, borrowed from Old Occitan rasclar, going back to Vulgar Latin *rāsclāre, syncopated from *rāsiculāre, iterative from rāsus, past participle of rādere "to scrape, scratch, pare away, shave") + -ette, deverbal suffix marking place or object of an action; so called because the cheese was traditionally melted and scraped from a larger piece onto the other ingredients; as a name for a cheese, short for fromage à raclette — more at rase, -ette