French word

andouillette

Pronunciation

IPA/ɑ̃dujɛt/

Meaning

  • feminine nounchitterling sausage

Example

J'aime l'andouillette avec de la moutarde.

I like chitterling sausage with mustard.

Illustration for andouillette (chitterling sausage)

More examples

Au restaurant, elle a commandé une andouillette.

At the restaurant, she ordered an andouillette.

Core concept

A short, coarse French sausage packed with pork intestines and other offal.

Common phrases

  • commander une andouillette

    order an andouillette

  • essayer une andouillette

    try an andouillette

Similar words

saucisse: A common sausage made from ground meat stuffed into a casing and cooked.
saucisson: A dry sausage seasoned with salt and spices, then cured and sliced thinly.
charcuterie: A general term for processed pork products such as ham and sausages.

Definition in French

Saucisse française faite principalement d'intestins et d'autres abats de porc, de forme courte et à texture grossière, généralement grillée ou poêlée.

Word origin

Andouillette is formed from French andouille with the diminutive suffix -ette; andouille comes through Old French andoille from Latin inductilia, meaning 'stuffed things'.

Usage tips

  • Andouillette is feminine, so standard wording is une andouillette, including in J'aime l'andouillette.

Other meanings

  • offal sausagenoun

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