épépiner

Senses

1. 1.

   to remove seeds from

   to take out the pips or seeds (from fruit or olives)

2. 2.

   to pit

   to extract the stone or pit from fruit

Examples

• "J'ai dû épépiner tous les olives avant de les ajouter à la salade."

  I had to pit all the olives before adding them to the salad.

• "Pour cette recette, il faut épépiner les raisins noirs."

  For this recipe, you need to remove the seeds from the black grapes.

• "Elle épépine les tomates pour faire une sauce plus lisse."

  She deseed the tomatoes to make a smoother sauce.

Usage

A culinary term, relatively formal but widely used in cooking contexts. The prefix é- and root pépin (seed/pip) make the meaning transparent. Often used in recipes and food preparation instructions.