The Ortolan is served on Versache plates with custom silk placemats, and finished with gold leaf, just to gild the lily.
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Ortolan
//ˈɔɹ.tə.læn//
Synonyms for "ortolan" (4 found)
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Closest matches (1)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (1)
Related words (2)
Noun(1 words)
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Translations
22 translations across 16 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- градинска овесарка noun (a small bird eaten as a delicacy)
Catalan
2 entries- hortolà noun (a small bird eaten as a delicacy)
- piula hortolana noun (a small bird eaten as a delicacy)
Dutch
1 entries- ortolaan noun (a small bird eaten as a delicacy)
Esperanto
1 entries- hortulano noun (a small bird eaten as a delicacy)
Finnish
1 entries- peltosirkku noun (a small bird eaten as a delicacy)
French
2 entries- becfigue noun (a small bird eaten as a delicacy)
- ortolan noun (a small bird eaten as a delicacy)
Galician
1 entries- milleirengo noun (a small bird eaten as a delicacy)
German
1 entries- Ortolan noun (a small bird eaten as a delicacy)
Italian
1 entries- beccafico noun (a small bird eaten as a delicacy)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- یلو noun (a small bird eaten as a delicacy)
Polish
1 entries- ortolan noun (a small bird eaten as a delicacy)
Romanian
1 entries- ortolan noun (a small bird eaten as a delicacy)
Russian
3 entries- боболинк noun (a small bird eaten as a delicacy)
- рисовый трупиал noun (a small bird eaten as a delicacy)
- садовая овся́нка noun (a small bird eaten as a delicacy)
Spanish
2 entries- hortelano noun (a small bird eaten as a delicacy)
- papafigo noun (a small bird eaten as a delicacy)
Turkish
2 entries- kiraz kuşu noun (a small bird eaten as a delicacy)
- çinte noun (a small bird eaten as a delicacy)
Yiddish
1 entries- אָרטאָלאַן noun (a small bird eaten as a delicacy)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
[…]this taught him to consider Sophia as a most delicious morsel, indeed to regard her with the same desires which an ortolan inspires into the soul of an epicure.
Source: wiktionary
[…]the last flavor Mitterrand wished to savor belonged to the flesh of the endangered ortolan, a songbird the size of a human toe that is a crime to buy or hunt, and is certainly illegal to eat. Mitterrand devoured it in the traditional manner, first covering his head with an embroidered cloth, then inserting the entire bird into his mouth.[…]Only its head should dangle out from between your lips. Bite off the head and discard.
Source: wiktionary
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