parboil

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parboil

/ˈpɑː.bɔɪl/ UK
/ˈpɑːr.bɔɪl/ US

Where it comes from

From Middle English parboyle, from Old French parbouillir (“to boil thoroughly”), from Medieval Latin perbulliō, from Latin per (“thoroughly”) + bulliō (“to boil”). Sense “to boil partially” (c.1440), rather than original “to boil thoroughly” is by corruption: associating the prefix with part (from Latin pars (“part”)) rather than per.

verb parboils · parboiling · parboiled

To boil food briefly so that it is partly cooked.

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verb partially boil

Español	sancochar, parboilizar, parboilear
中文	煮成半熟 zhǔ chéng bànshú
Português	parboilizar
Français	blanchir
Deutsch	blanchieren, ankochen
Italiano	sbollentare

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@misc{parboil_2026,
  title = {parboil},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/parboil},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}