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éplucher

to peel

verb eh-ploo-SHEH Rare
Food & Drink Cooking

Origin: from 'é-' + 'peluche' (fluff, peel), related to Latin 'pilare' (to strip of hair)

Also means

to scrutinise, to go through carefully

Usage Note

Éplucher means to peel vegetables or fruit and, by extension, to go through a document or list very carefully — éplucher un dossier means to scrutinise a file. The noun épluchure refers to peelings or vegetable scraps. Éplucher is slightly more thorough in feel than the simpler peler.

Examples

"Elle épluche les pommes de terre pour la soupe."

Natural Translation

She peels the potatoes for the soup.

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