Main Entry:

ra·clette

Pronunciation:

\ra-ˈklet, rä-\

Function:

noun

Etymology:

French, literally, scraper, from racler to scrape, from Middle French, from Old Occitan rasclar, from Vulgar Latin *rasiculare, from Latin rasus, past participle of radere to scrape — more at rodent

Date:

circa 1949

: a Swiss dish consisting of cheese melted over a fire and then scraped onto bread or boiled potatoes ; also : the cheese used in this dish