Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A dish of chicken cooked in red wine.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. chicken and onions and mushrooms braised in red wine and seasonings
Etymologies
French : coq, chicken + à, with + vin, wine.
(American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)Examples
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If not, why is my right hand moving with the same deliberation with which it fed Penelope's coq au vin into the waste-disposal unit?
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