quenelle

Meanings

Noun

• A light dumpling made of lightly spiced minced meat or fish bound with egg and poached.
• An elliptical shape moulded by chefs from soft foods using two spoons.
• A gesture which is usually performed by pointing one arm diagonally downwards palm down, while touching the shoulder with the opposite hand, in a manner similar to an inverted Nazi salute.

Verb

• To form a quenelle.

Origin

• Borrowed from French quenelle, from German Knödel. knaidel.