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cui·sine
(kwĭ-zēn′)n.
1. A characteristic manner or style of preparing food: Spanish cuisine.
2. Food; fare.
[French, kitchen, cuisine, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *cocīna, variant of Latin coquīna, from coquere, to cook; see pekw- in Indo-European roots.]
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cuisine
(kwɪˈziːn)n
1. (Cookery) a style or manner of cooking: French cuisine.
2. (Cookery) the food prepared by a restaurant, household, etc
[C18: from French, literally: kitchen, from Late Latin coquīna, from Latin coquere to cook]
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cui•sine
(kwɪˈzin)n.
1. a style or manner of cooking: Italian cuisine.
2. the food prepared, as by a restaurant.
[1475–85; < French: literally, kitchen < Vulgar Latin *cocīna, for Latin coquīna; see kitchen]
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| Noun | 1. |  cuisine - the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so preparedcookery, 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" |
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Translations
فَن الطَّبْخ، مطبَخ
kuchyně
kogekunstmadlavningstradition
matargerîarlist
virtuvė
virtuvevirtuves māksla
… mutfağıyemek pişirme usulü
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cuisine
[kwɪˈziːn] nCollins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
cuisine
n → Küche f
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cuisine
(kwiˈziːn) noun style of cookery. French cuisine.
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