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Foods
| Word | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Andouille | spicy country sausage |
| 2 | Beignet | pronounced “bin-yey” sweet square-shaped doughnut sprinkled with powdered sugar |
| 3 | Bisque | pronounced “bisk” A rich, thick creamy soup usually made with crawfish or shrimp. |
| 4 | Blackened | a cooking method. To blacken fish or meat by coating it with spices and quickly searing in butter |
| 5 | Boudin | pronounced “boo-dan” Spicy pork sausage made with onions, cooked rice and herbs |
| 6 | Boullee | pudding |
| 7 | Bram | eggplant |
| 8 | Couche-Couche | A cajun cornmeal cereal eaten with milk |
| 9 | Court bouillon | tomato based soup with onion and bell pepper |
| 10 | Etouffee | pronounced “ay-two-fay” A succulent, tangy tomato-based sauce usually made with chicken, crawfish or shrimp and then smothered with a vegetable and herb sauce |
| 11 | Gratin | food stuck at the bottom of the pot |
| 12 | Grattons | pronounced “grah-tawns” cracklins or fried pork rind |
| 13 | Grillades | pronounced “gree-yahds” beef or veal steak, browned, then simmered until tender in browned tomato sauce |
| 14 | Gumbo | pronounced “gum-boe” A thick, soup based with a roux and sometimes thickened with okra or file |
| 15 | Jambalaya | pronounced “jum-bo-lie-yah” A rice dish with chicken, smoked sausage, ham, or seafood, as well as celery, green peppers and often tomatoes and spices |
| 16 | King Cake | A oval shaped pastry, sometimes stuffed with fillings and decorated with colored sugar in the traditional Mardi Gras colors. |
| 17 | Maque Choux | pronounced “mok shoo” dish made with corn, green bell pepper, tomatoes, and onion cooked with bacon grease, butter, or cream. |
| 18 | Muffuletta | pronounced “muff-a-lotta” Sandwich is made with Italian meats, cheeses, and a layer of olive salad |
| 19 | Pain Perdu | pronounced “pan-per-doo” Cajun French toast the literal translation is "Lost Bread" |
| 20 | Patate | potato |
| 21 | Pistaches | peanut |
| 22 | Praline | pronounced “praw-leen” A candy patty made of sugar, cream and pecans. |
| 23 | Roux | pronounced “roo” a slow-cooked mixture of flour and oil. Used in Gumbo and other Cajun dishes |
| 24 | Sauce Piquante | A thick seasoned sauce made with roux, tomatoes, herbs and peppers |
| 25 | Tasso | pronounced “tah-so” Thin cut highly seasoned smoke cured ham |
| 26 | Turducken | a turkey, stuffed with a duck, stuffed with a chicken |
Nouns
| Word | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bayou | a slow moving river or stream |
| 2 | Bebelle | doll |
| 3 | Bebette | a little monster or critter |
| 4 | Bigarno | snail or escargot |
| 5 | Boo | a term of endearment such as sweetie, or darling |
| 6 | Boscoyo | cypress knee |
| 7 | Bourre | pronounced boo-ray, A card game invented by Cajuns. |
| 8 | Braque | crazy |
| 9 | Canaille | sly or sneaky |
| 10 | Chaoui | raccoon |
| 11 | Crapeau | a booger |
| 12 | Creole | People of mixed French, Spanish, Indian or Negro blood |
| 13 | Down the Bayou | South |
| 14 | Envie | a craving |
| 15 | Fah-yuh | fire |
| 16 | Fais do do | pronounced “fay-doe-doe” The name for a party where traditional Cajun dance is performed. Or to go to sleep. |
| 17 | Freesons | goosebumps |
| 18 | Fromis | ants |
| 19 | Gaienne | girlfriend |
| 20 | Garde Soleil | old fashioned sun bonnet |
| 21 | Grand Beede | Big clumsy man |
| 22 | Gris-gris | pronounced “gre-gre” An object used to ward off or inflict evil |
| 23 | He's got the cabris | He has a wedgie |
| 24 | Honeychile | honey child, an endearment |
| 25 | Hont | embarrassed |
| 26 | Hose pipe | water hose |
| 27 | Il mouille | It is raining |
| 28 | J'ai gros coeur to | feel like crying or I have a big heart |
| 29 | Joie de vivre | An attitude towards life |
| 30 | Lagniappe | pronounced “lan-yap” An unexpected nice surprise. like the extra donut in a baker's dozen. |
| 31 | Laissez les bon temps roulet | pronounced “lay-zay lay bon ton rule-ay” Let the good times roll! |
| 32 | Macaque | monkey |
| 33 | Magazine | store |
| 34 | Make a bahbin | to pout |
| 35 | Make the misere | to cause trouble or misery |
| 36 | Make the veiller | spend the evening talking with friend |
| 37 | Mal pris | stuck in a bad situation |
| 38 | Mamere | Maw maw or Grandma |
| 39 | Maw Maw | Grandma |
| 40 | Moochon | a stump |
| 41 | Motier foux | half crazy |
| 42 | Mouche a mielle | honey bee |
| 43 | Nanan or Nanny | Godmother |
| 44 | Neg | a term of endearment for a male cajun |
| 45 | Negresse | a term of endearment for a female cajun |
| 46 | Oo ye yi! | that hurts or I am sad. |
| 47 | Pain pee po | game or useless activity |
| 48 | Papere | Paw Paw or Grandpa |
| 49 | Par en sous | sneaky or underneath |
| 50 | Parran | Godfather |
| 51 | Pass a mop | to mop |
| 52 | Pass the vacuum | to vacuum |
| 53 | Passe' | go away you dog |
| 54 | Peekon | thorn |
| 55 | Peeshnick | to thump something with your finger |
| 56 | Peeshwank | little girl |
| 57 | Peunez | stinkbug |
| 58 | Pichouette | runt or little person |
| 59 | Pirogue | small flat bottomed boat |
| 60 | Piss-au-lis | Goldenrods, it is a Cajun folktale that if one picks goldenrods, one will urinate in bed |
| 61 | Pleurer | cry |
| 62 | Pluie | rain |
| 63 | Po-Boy | A sandwich made on French bread that began as an affordable lunch for poor boys. |
| 64 | Podna | close friend or partner |
| 65 | Pomee' | to loose ones breath while laughing or crying |
| 66 | Poo-yi | Dat stinks! |
| 67 | Pop chock | small brown bird |
| 68 | Porro | wart |
| 69 | Raconteur | someone who tells stories, a storyteller |
| 70 | Rahdoht | boring, never-ending conversation |
| 71 | Rocachah | burr or stick in your socks |
| 72 | Rodee' | to run the roads and never stay home |
| 73 | Saleau | Sloppy, dirty man |
| 74 | Saloppe | Sloppy, dirty woman |
| 75 | Scisseaux | an insect that has pincers like scissors |
| 76 | Seekahsah | wasp |
| 77 | Skinny Mullet | a skinny person |
| 78 | Tahyo | a big hungry dog |
| 79 | Tataille | scary creature; monster |
| 80 | Toc-toc | popcorn or the sound corn makes when popping |
| 81 | Tooloulou | fiddler crab |
| 82 | Traiteur | someone practicing folk medicine, a healer |
| 83 | Wowaron | bullfrog |
| 84 | Zirondelle | dragonfly |
| 85 | Zirondelle | dragonfly |
| 86 | Zydeco | Pronounced “zi-de-co” a kind of Cajun dance music that is a combination of traditional Cajun music, mixed with R&B, and African blues.) |
| 87 | chouchoot | a thingamajig |
| 88 | moustique | mosquito |
| 89 | porte monnaie | purse |
Help
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Hurricanes down on the bayou, fires in the forest, tornados on the plains and peeps working together to help our podnahs in their darkest hour with collectable NFT art.
