veal

UK/viːl/US/viːl/

nounB2Common in everyday speech and writing · #4,450 of 15,258leans spoken

Veal is the pale meat of a very young cow. Veal cutlet, roast veal, veal escalope.

Its paleness comes from a milk diet, and the crates once used to produce it were banned in Britain in 1990 and across the European Union in 2007. Rose veal comes from calves raised in groups and is darker. The word comes from the Latin for a calf.

Definitions of veal

1nounvealThe meat of a very young cow.B2
“The restaurant served veal with a creamy mushroom sauce.”

veal is a meat.

Where it comes from

Anglo-Norman veel comes from Latin vitellus, a little calf, from vitulus, a calf.

Latin
vitellus
Anglo-Norman
veel
Middle English
veel
English, today
veal

Built from

vitulus · Latin — calf

From Middle English veel, from Anglo-Norman veel, from Latin vitellus, diminutive of vitulus (“calf”). a doublet of vitellus.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Food & Drink

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veal in the wild

Generally, veal is more expensive by mass than beef from older cattle.
Veal
Cotoletta is an Italian form of breaded cutlet made from veal.
Cotoletta
In Italian cuisine, piccata is prepared with veal, whereas in American cuisine, chicken is more common.
Piccata
A cut of veal from the back leg, usually eye round, is braised or simmered and then sliced thinly.
Vitello tonnato
Though veal can be produced from a calf of either sex and any breed, most veal comes from male calves.
List of veal dishes

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