How to Pronounce Charcuterie
How do you say charcuterie?
shar-KOO-tuh-ree
- IPA (US)
- /ʃɑːrˈkuːtəri/
- IPA (UK)
- /ʃɑːˈkuːtəri/
shar·koo·tuh·ree
4 syllables, stress on the second.
Is it char-KOO-ter-ee or shar-KOO-tuh-ree?
- ✗ Not standard char-KOO-ter-ee: With 'ch' as in 'chair'. The word is French, so 'ch' is 'sh' as in 'chef'.
- ✓ Also accepted shar-KOO-tree: Dropping the third syllable is common in casual speech and is close to the French, which has only three syllables.
Charcuterie pronunciation in British vs American English
American English: shar-KOO-tuh-ree, often with extra weight on the final syllable (shar-koo-tuh-REE), echoing French. The T is usually a soft D sound: shar-KOO-duh-ree.
British English: shah-KOO-tuh-ree, with no R in the first syllable and a crisp T.
What does charcuterie mean?
Cured and cooked meats such as ham, salami, pâté and terrines. It also means a shop that sells them, or a serving board of these meats with cheese and accompaniments.
Where does charcuterie come from?
French, from chair cuite, 'cooked flesh'. A charcutier was a pork butcher who sold cooked and cured pork, as distinct from butchers selling raw meat. French says it in three syllables, shar-kü-TREE, stressed at the end; English usually keeps four syllables and stresses KOO.
Charcuterie in a sentence
- We put together a charcuterie board for the party.
- The restaurant makes all its own charcuterie in-house.
- A charcuterie board usually pairs cured meats with cheese, pickles and bread.