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rotisserie

noun · verb · 7 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ɹəʊˈtɪ.sə.ɹi/
  • /ɹəʊˈtɪs.ɹi/
  • /ɹəˈtɪ.sə.ɹi/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A cooking device with which food is roasted on a rotating spit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

A shop or restaurant selling food cooked in this manner.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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3

noun

Meaning 3

Ellipsis of rotisserie baseball, synonym of fantasy baseball.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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4

noun

Meaning 4

Ellipsis of rotisserie sports, synonym of fantasy sports.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: US, abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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5

verb

Meaning 5

To cook on a rotisserie.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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6

noun

Meaning 6

a restaurant that specializes in roasted and barbecued meats

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: restaurant, eating house, eating place, eatery

7

noun

Meaning 7

an oven or broiler equipped with a rotating spit on which meat cooks as it turns

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: oven

History

Etymology

From French rôtisserie, from rôtir ‘to roast’. Doublet of rosticceria and roastery.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: rostidor — device, roasting rotating broiler
  • Finnish: pyörivä varras — device, roasting rotating broiler
  • Finnish: varrasgrilli — device, roasting rotating broiler
  • Finnish: varras — device, roasting rotating broiler
  • French: rôtissoire — device, roasting rotating broiler
  • German: Drehspieß — device, roasting rotating broiler
  • Indonesian: rotiseri — device, roasting rotating broiler
  • Irish: róstóir — device, roasting rotating broiler
  • Polish: rożen — device, roasting rotating broiler
  • Spanish: spiedo — device, roasting rotating broiler
  • Spanish: espiedo — device, roasting rotating broiler
  • Catalan: rostisseria — cooked meat shop featuring rotisserie cooked meat
  • Finnish: varrasravintola — cooked meat shop featuring rotisserie cooked meat
  • Finnish: grilliravintola — cooked meat shop featuring rotisserie cooked meat
  • French: rôtisserie — cooked meat shop featuring rotisserie cooked meat
  • Polish: rotiseria — cooked meat shop featuring rotisserie cooked meat
  • Spanish: rotisería — cooked meat shop featuring rotisserie cooked meat
  • Spanish: rosticería — cooked meat shop featuring rotisserie cooked meat
  • Spanish: rostisería — cooked meat shop featuring rotisserie cooked meat
  • Spanish: roticería — cooked meat shop featuring rotisserie cooked meat
  • Vietnamese: rô-ti — cooked meat shop featuring rotisserie cooked meat