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cuisine

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cui·sine  (kw-zn)
n.
1. A characteristic manner or style of preparing food: Spanish cuisine.
2. Food; fare.

[French, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *cocna, variant of Latin coquna, kitchen, cookery, from coquere, to cook; see pekw- in Indo-European roots.]

cuisine [kwɪˈziːn]
n
1. (Cookery) a style or manner of cooking French cuisine
2. (Cookery) the food prepared by a restaurant, household, etc.
[from French, literally: kitchen, from Late Latin coquīna, from Latin coquere to cook]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cuisinecuisine - the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared
cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife"
dim sum - traditional Chinese cuisine; a variety of foods (including several kinds of steamed or fried dumplings) are served successively in small portions
haute cuisine - (French) an elaborate and skillful manner of preparing food
nouvelle cuisine - a school of French cooking that uses light sauces and tries to bring out the natural flavors of foods instead of making heavy use of butter and cream
rechauffe - warmed leftovers
gastronomy - a particular style of cookery (as of a region); "New England gastronomy"
Translations
cuisine [kwɪˈziːn] Ncocina f

cuisine [kwɪˈziːn] n
(action of cooking)cuisine f, art m culinaire
(food cooked)cuisine f
Thai cuisine → cuisine f thaïlandaise

cuisine
nKüche f

cuisine [kwɪˈziːn] ncucina
cuisine [kwɪˈziːn] ncucina

cuisine
n cuisine [kwiˈziːn]
style of cookery French cuisine. kookkuns, kos فَن الطَّبْخ، مطبَخ прен. кухня kuchyně kogekunst; madlavningstradition die Kochkunst κουζίνα cocina köök سبک آشپزی keittiö, keittotaito cuisine מִטְבָּח पाक शैली način spremanja hrane, kuhinja konyha masakan matargerðarlist cucina 料理 요리법 virtuvė virtuves māksla; virtuve masakan keuken kokekunst kuchnia cozinha bucătărie кухня kuchyňa kuhinja kuhinja kök, kokkonst ประเภทอาหาร yemek pişirme usulü, ... mutfağı 烹飪或料理風格 кухня طرز طباخى، پكوان كا طريق‍ہ cách nấu nướng 饪法


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One of the girls I charged with the duties of my simple cuisine, and directed the others to take up the various activities which had formerly constituted their vocations.
Archer ignored the allusion to the ancestral cuisine and Mr.
You shall entertain me with tales of your adventures whilst you compare our cuisine here with your own commissariat.
 
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