n.

A clear soup made of strained meat or vegetable stock, served hot or as a cold jelly.

[French, from past participle of consommer, to use up, from Latin cōnsummāre, to finish. See consummate.]

A clear soup made from meat or meat extract.

[KON-suh-may; kon-suh-MAY] A clarified meat or fish broth. Consommé can be served hot or cold, and is variously used as a soup or sauce base. A double consommé has been reduced until it is half the volume (and has twice the flavor) of regular (or single) consommé. See also madrilène.

IN BRIEF: A clear soup.

Eugene enjoyed a cup of steaming consomme before dinner.

Dansk (Danish)
n. - klar suppe

Nederlands (Dutch)
bouillon

Français (French)
n. - consommé, bouillon

Deutsch (German)
n. - Kraftbrühe

Italiano (Italian)
brodo

Português (Portuguese)
n. - caldo (m) de carne, sopa (m) (Culin.)

Español (Spanish)
n. - caldo, consomé

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - köttbuljong

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شوربه صافيه‏

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