parboil

Meaning

To boil food briefly so that it is partly cooked.

Synonyms

blanch

scald

cook

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boil

coddle

cook by boiling

prepare food

overheat

poach

simmer

stew

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Translations

ankochen

sancochar

scottare

blanchieren

sbollentare

halb kochen

yarı kaynatmak

bollire

brühen

halbgar kochen

fer donar un bull

angaren

ζεματίζω

μισοβράζω

überbrühen

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: parboyle

In summary

From Middle English parboyle, from Old French parbouillir (“to boil thoroughly”), from Medieval Latin perbulliō, from Latin per (“thoroughly”) + bulliō (“I boil”). Sense “to boil partially” (c.1440), rather than original “to boil thoroughly” is by corruption: associating the prefix with part (from Latin pars (“part”)) rather than per.