rissole

UK: /ˈrɪsəʊl/ US: (ri sōl′, ris′ōl; Fr. rē sôl′)

Inflections of 'rissole' (n): npl: rissoles

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026

ris•sole  (ri sōl′, ris′ōl; Fr. rē sôl′), n., pl. ris•soles 

(ri sōlz′, ris′ōlz; Fr. rē sôl′). 
1. Food a small pastry, often in turnover form, filled with a mixture containing meat or fish and usually fried in deep fat.

• Vulgar Latin *russeola (feminine adjective, adjectival) reddish
• French; Middle French roissole, rousole, perh.
• 1700–10

ris•so•lé  (ris′ə lē, ris′ə lā′; Fr. rē sô lā′), adj. 

1. Food (of foods) browned in deep fat.

• French, past participle of rissoler to brown, derivative of rissole rissole

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rissole / ˈrɪsəʊl/ noun

1. a mixture of minced cooked meat coated in egg and breadcrumbs and fried
   Compare croquette

Etymology: 18th Century: from French, probably ultimately from Latin russus red; see russet