Roulades is a plural noun (often used in culinary contexts) referring to rolled dishes or preparations, typically involving meat or pastry rolled around a filling. The term can also denote multiple instances of such rolled items. It’s used in gastronomy to describe elegant, rolled presentations or layers that are sliced for service.
"The chef shaped several roulades with seared beef and a mushroom duxelles filling."
"Her grandmother’s roulades were prepared with thin pancakes wrapped around a savory spinach-and-feta mixture."
"We tasted three different roulades, each with a distinct sauce."
"In class, we plated roulades with roasted vegetables to showcase the roulade’s rolled structure."
Roulades derives from the French roulade, itself from rouler meaning to roll. The word entered English culinary vocabulary in the 18th-19th centuries as haute cuisine popularized French techniques. The French noun roulade describes a rolled preparation, typically cooked and then sliced into rounds or medallions. Early culinary dictionaries cite roulades as elaborate meat or pastry rolls filled with forcemeats, vegetables, or cheeses. Over time, the term broadened in English to cover any rolled presentation, including pastry roulades and savory beef or chicken variants. The plural form roulades follows standard English noun pluralization with -es. The pronunciation in French preserves the final -ade as in hautes pâtisseries, but in English contexts the final s is often pronounced /z/ or /s/ depending on the surrounding word. First known English usage appears in gastronomic texts of the 1800s, with later cookbooks standardizing roulade and its plural roulades as common culinary terms in professional kitchens and menus.
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Pronounce it as /ruːˈleɪdz/ in US/UK. Break it into ru- LAY- dz, with primary stress on the second syllable. First syllable has a long /uː/ vowel; the middle syllable carries the /eɪ/ diphthong; final consonant is /dz/ as in 'frozen snacks'.
Common errors: misplacing stress on the first syllable (ru-LO-ades) and mispronouncing the second syllable as /ləd/ or /leɪd/; final plural /z/ vs /s/. Correct by stressing the second syllable, using /leɪ/ and ending with /dz/.
US/UK generally /ruːˈleɪdz/. Australians often maintain /ruːˈleɪdz/ but may reduce vowel length slightly and have less rhoticity depending on speaker. Emphasis remains on the second syllable; rhoticity affects only preceding /r/ realization.
Difficult due to the French-origin diphthong /leɪ/ after a stressed open syllable and the final /dz/ cluster. Non-native speakers may misplace stress, mispronounce /leɪ/ as /laɪ/ or /lə/ and struggle with final /dz/.
The combination ru- + lay + des includes a stressed syllable with a distinct diphthong and a voiced alveolar affricate /dz/. Ensure mouth position: lips rounded for /uː/ then spread into /l/ and form /d͡z/ with tongue against alveolar ridge.
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