mirepoix – English noun declension

English noun forms of mirepoix

Noun: mirepoix
Singularmirepoix
Pluralmirepoix

Sample Sentences

  • The Mirepoix is from this moment complete. [1877, Eneas Sweetland Dallas, Kettner's Book of the Table:]
  • Trim off superfluous fat, rub over the outside of the meat with salt and flour, and set it upon the mirepoix. [1910, American Cookery, volume 14:]
  • Classic seasoning combinations include mirepoix, matignon, marinades, oignon piqué, and oignon brûlé. [2011, Modern Batch Cookery, The Culinary Institute of America, page 34:]
  • Most European cultures use a patiently chopped, heated and stirred vegetable mixture, such as a mirepoix or soffritto, always including members of the onion family, and Pollan explores the chemistry of these, as well as their adaptive value. [2013 May 22, Paul Levy, “Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation by Michael Pollan – review”, in The Guardian:]
  • To this mirepoix of contradictory news, add another Pew survey from earlier this month, which found that 54 percent of respondents said they believe that Americans are seeking out more-healthy food than they did 20 years ago—even though they are eating less healthfully than they did in that same timeframe. [2016 December, Adam Chandler, “What If Consumers Just Want to Buy Junk Food?”, in The Atlantic:]

Nouns inflected like mirepoix

Eldar, Inuit, mirepoix, ml, xu, oppai, Jedi, Thao, Sith, Portuguese,

Etymology

Borrowed from French mirepoix, named after Gaston de Lévis, duc de Mirepoix (1699–1757). See: French Nouns 'mirepoix'.