hors d'oeuvre

hors d'oeuvre  (ôr dûrv)

n. pl. hors d'oeuvres (ôr dûrvz) or hors d'oeuvre

An appetizer served before a meal.

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[French hors d'uvre : hors, outside + de, of + uvre, (the main) work.]

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hors d'oeuvre [ɔː ˈdɜːvr (French) ɔr dœvrə]

n pl hors d'oeuvre, hors d'oeuvres [ˈdɜːvr (French) dœvrə]

(Cookery) an additional dish served as an appetizer, usually before the main meal

[from French, literally: outside the work, not part of the main course]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

hors d'oeuvre - a dish served as an appetizer before the main meal appetiser, appetizer, starter - food or drink to stimulate the appetite (usually served before a meal or as the first course) stuffed mushroom - mushrooms stuffed with any of numerous mixtures of e.g. meats or nuts or seafood or spinach rollmops - a pickled herring filet that has been rolled or wrapped around a pickle pigs in blankets - small frankfurters wrapped in biscuit dough and baked

Translations

hors d'oeuvre

n hors d'oeuvre [oːˈdəːvr, (American ) o:rˈdə:rv]

food eg olives, sardines etc served before or at the beginning of a meal in order to increase the appetite. hors d' oevre, voorgereg مَشَهِّيات، مُقَبِّلات ордьовър předkrm hors d'oeuvre die Vorspeise ορεκτικό entremés eelroog خوراک قبل از غذا که برای کاهش دادن اشتها خورده می شود alkupala hors-d'oeuvre מַתאֵבַּנִים भूख बढ़ाने के लिए खाने से पहले ली जाने वाली चीजें előétel, vegyes ízelítő perangsang selera forréttur, smáréttur antipasto 前菜 오르 되브르, 전채(前菜) užkandis uzkožamie pembuka selera hors d'oeuvre, voorgerecht kanapé, småsnacks przystawka acepipes ape­ritiv закуска predjedlo predjed apetizeri hors doeuvre, förrätt อาหารเรียกน้ำย่อย ordövr 前菜 закуска کھانے کے پہلے پیش کی جانے والی اشتہا انگیز شے món khai vị 餐前的小吃