different between chasseur vs cacciatore

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chasseur. Doublet of chaser.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æ?s??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æ?s?/

Noun

chasseur (plural chasseurs)

1. A soldier equipped for rapid movement; also, any of several light infantry regiments, especially in France.
2. A servant or attendant.
3. A hotel messenger, especially in France.
   • 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 30:

     The chasseur of the Hôtel Récamier (whom he knew far too well) was approaching them at a run.

4. A hunter or huntsman.
5. (cooking) A dish of meat cooked in a sauce containing mushrooms, shallots and white wine.

   Synonym: cacciatore

   • 1987, Herb Baus, Best restaurants, Orange County (page 71)

     From France, Greeley checks in with rabbit chausseurs made with red wine, shallots, tomatoes, and rosemary; […]

French

Etymology

chasser +? -eur; found in Old French as chaceür, chaceor. Compare Italian cacciatore, Spanish cazador.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.sœ?/

Noun

chasseur m (plural chasseurs, feminine chasseuse or chasseresse)

1. a hunter

2. a fighter plane
3. a servant or attendant
4. a la façon chasseur, a style of cooking in which meat is cooked with a sauce containing mushrooms, shallots and white wine

Derived terms

• ballon-chasseur
• chasseur-cueilleur
• chasseur de primes
• chasseur de têtes

Further reading

• “chasseur” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• chausser
• ruchasse

English

Alternative forms

• cacciatora

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian cacciatore (“hunter”)

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?kæt?.?.?t???.i/, /?k??t?-/, /-e?/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?k?t?.?.?t??.i/, /-to??-/

Adjective

cacciatore (not comparable)

1. (of chicken, rabbit, etc.) Prepared in an Italian style with wine, mushrooms, spices and tomatoes.

   Synonym: chasseur

Noun

cacciatore (plural cacciatores)

1. A meal prepared in this style.

   Synonym: chasseur

   Hyponym: hunter's chicken

Italian

Etymology

cacciare +? -tore. Compare Spanish cazador, Portuguese caçador, Piedmontese cassador, Romanian c?ut?tor, French chasseur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kat.t??a?to.re/

Noun

cacciatore m (plural cacciatori, feminine cacciatrice)

1. hunter, huntsman
2. (by extension) chaser, hunter

Related terms

• caccia
• cacciare

Anagrams

• accorciate