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velouté

/və.lu.te/

adjective/və.lu.te/

velvety; smooth

From velours. See also velu (“hairy”), inherited from Late Latin villūtus, ultimately from Latin villus (“hair, tuft of hair”). Cognate with English velvet.

noun, masculine/və.lu.te/plural: veloutés

velouté is masculine in French.

smoothness, softness; a velouté

From velours. See also velu (“hairy”), inherited from Late Latin villūtus, ultimately from Latin villus (“hair, tuft of hair”). Cognate with English velvet.