suif

Meaning

  1. (masculine, uncountable) tallow
  2. (masculine, uncountable) suet

Synonyms

graisse de rognon

Pronounced as (IPA)
/sɥif/
Etymology

Inherited from Old French seu, sieu (with -f added by analogy with other words), from Latin sēbum, from Proto-Indo-European *seyb- (“to pour out”). Doublet of the borrowed sébum.

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