Definition
A mixture of ground meat, herbs, and spices used as a filling or stuffing in cooking, especially French cuisine.
Etymology
From Old French farce (from Latin farcire 'to stuff'), combined with meat. 'Farce' became 'force' in English over time, but retained its culinary meaning. This is a rare case where the same word root means completely different things: stuffing in cooking versus 'power' in general use.
Kelly Says
Forcemeat is a linguistic orphan—it comes from the same Latin root as 'force' but split away centuries ago into French cooking terminology. The word reminds us that 'force' and 'farce' (as in stuffing/filling) share a common ancestor, making food and power etymologically connected!
Translations
ARالعربية
لحم مفروم
laham mafroom
BNবাংলা
মসালার সাথে কাটা মাংস
masaler sate kata mans
CACatalà
carn picada
carn picada
CSČeština
mleté maso
mlete maso
DADansk
hakkebøf
hakkebøf
DEDeutsch
Hackfleisch
hackfleisch
ELΕλληνικά
απόψιλο κρέας
apopsilo kreas
ESEspañol
carne picada
karne picada
FAفارسی
گوشت چرخ کرده
gosht-e varak kard
FRFrançais
chair force
share fɔrs
HEעברית
ミンצ'ד בשר
minced bsher
HIहिन्दी
मसालेदार मांस
masaledaar maans
HUMagyar
húsdaráló
húsdaráló
IDBahasa Indonesia
daging cincang
daging cincang
ITItaliano
carne macinata
carne macinata
KMKM
មាន ប្រពៃ
mahn prapay
KO한국어
기름기가 많은 육류
gireumgiga man-eun yukryu
MRMR
मसालेदार मांस
masaledaar maans
MSBahasa Melayu
daging cincang
daging cincang
MYမြန်မာ
အရည်အသွေး ပြုလုပ်
a-yire-a-thwe-e pyu-lu-p
NLNederlands
gehakt
gehakt
NONorsk
hakkebøff
hakkebøff
PAPA
ਮਸालेदार ਮਾNSA
masaledaar maans
PLPolski
mielona wołowina
mielona wołowina
PTPortuguês
carne picada
carne picada
RORomână
carne tocată
carne tocata
SWKiswahili
nyama iliyokatwa
nyama iliyokatwa
TAதமிழ்
சமைக்கப்பட்ட இறைச்சி
samaikkaappetta irai-cci
TEతెలుగు
చిన్న ముక్కలుగా తరిగిన మాంసం
chinna mukkuluga tarigina mansam
TRTürkçe
etli kıyma
etli kıyma
URاردو
مکیلی گوشت
makiili gosht
VITiếng Việt
thịt băm
thit bam