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English
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Noun
[edit]caquelon (plural caquelons)
- A Swiss cooking vessel used to serve fondue.
- 2009, Eliane Engeler, Swiss Seek to Settle Debate Over the True Fondue, Associated Press:
- Friends and family often gather for hours to slowly stir their bread on long forks in the cauldron of cheese known as a caquelon, which is heated by a small flame.
French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Alemannic German Kakel (compare Standard German Kachel) + -on.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]caquelon m (plural caquelons)
Further reading
[edit]- “caquelon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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