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parboil

/ˈpɑːˌbɔɪl/PAHR-boyl
/ˈpɑɹˌbɔɪl/PAHR-boyl

Meaningto boil thoroughly

Common meaning: partly cook food by boiling

Journey through time

  1. Latinperbullire‘to boil thoroughly’source
  2. Late Latinparbulliresource
  3. Old Frenchparboillir‘to cook thoroughly’source
  4. Middle Englishparboilen‘boil thoroughly’source
  5. Englishmeaning shiftsboil thoroughly → partly cook food by boilingparboil‘partly cook food by boiling’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin perbullire ‘to boil thoroughly’.

Did you know: our wording, based on Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry PARBOIL, p. 421 · dictionary scan

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