Pièce de resistance

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As pièce de résistance ( / pjɛs də re zi stɑ̃s / , French , actually "piece that offers resistance", in the sense of solid, heavy food) is the main course in the classic menu sequence , usually a piece of meat such as roast or poultry . Another name is big pièce .

In a figurative sense, pièce de résistance is also used in the sense of “core, heart, main thing” or for an outstanding achievement (comparable to the “masterpiece” or “figurehead”); in addition, Meyer's Großes Konversations-Lexikon from 1911 also had a derogatory connotation, namely “esp. for a bombastic, boring editorial. ”The current Duden refers to the word as out of date.

In Swiss Standard German , on the other hand, it has the meaning of "hard chunk, difficult problem."

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Meyer's Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Volume 8. Leipzig 1907, p. 422. sv Grosse pièce < http://www.zeno.org/nid/20006713289 >
  2. ^ Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon, Volume 15. Leipzig 1908, p. 865, sv Pièce . < http://www.zeno.org/nid/20007253222 >
  3. ↑ < http://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/Piece_de_Resistance >
  4. ^ Ulrich Ammon, Hans Bickel, Jakob Ebner: German dictionary of variants . The standard language in Austria, Switzerland and Germany as well as in Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, East Belgium and South Tyrol . Walter De Gruyter, Berlin 2004, ISBN 978-3110165746 . P. 574, p. v. pièce de resistance .