Noun: rouille
| Singular | rouille |
| Plural | rouilles |
Sample Sentences
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Serve with grated Parmesan cheese and a rouille sauce [...]. [1958, Alice B[abette] Toklas, “Soups”, in Aromas and Flavors of Past and Present, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, →OCLC; republished New York, N.Y.: The Lyons Press, 1996, →ISBN, page 5:]
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ROUILLE SAUCE / Strongly flavored, served with fish soups or bouillabaisse. [1975, Irma S[tarkloff] Rombauer, Marion Rombauer Becker, “Savory Sauces and Salad Dressings”, in Joy of Cooking, 1st Scribner edition, New York, N.Y.: Scribner, published 1995, →ISBN, page 366, column 1:]
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Rouille: Garlic, Saffron, and Pepper Mayonnaise [...] After you have added a few drops of oil, add saffron and a pinch of cayenne. Gradually whisk in remaining oil in a slow, thin stream until sauce is thickened to a mayonnaise consistency. Taste the rouille and add additional cayenne, if desired. [2003, Michael A. Kornfield, “Sauces”, in Table for Two in Paris: Cookbook & Music CD, White Plains, N.Y.: Peter Pauper Press, →ISBN, page 36:]
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In the Northwest one finds fritters coated with not-too-finely ground hazelnuts, with crab on the inside; in that case called crab cakes, spiked with chopped scallion and bell or hot red pepper, served with rouilles of mustard and racy mayonnaise. [2003, John Weston, “Or a Snake when He Asks for Fish”, in Dining at the Lineman’s Shack, Tucson, Ariz.: University of Arizona Press, →ISBN, page 41:]
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Chicken bouillabaisse with Rouille [...] I'm taking some liberties by calling this recipe a bouillabaisse. The classic recipe, of course, is a venerable fish stew that originated in Marseille. It's flavored with saffron and garnished with a rouille sauce. [...] To serve, divide the bouillabaisse among 4 soup plates and top with the Rouille. [2010 April, Sara Moulton, “Plenty of Poultry”, in Sara Moulton’s Everyday Family Dinners, New York, N.Y.: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 174:]
Nouns inflected like rouille
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from French rouille (“rouille (sauce); rust”); the sauce is so named because its colour resembles that of rust. See: French Nouns '
rouille'.