cuisine

[kwi-zeen]

noun

1. a style or quality of cooking; cookery.

   Italian cuisine; This restaurant has an excellent cuisine.

2. Archaic.,  the kitchen or culinary department of a house, hotel, etc.

cuisine

/ kwɪˈziːn /

noun

1. a style or manner of cooking

   French cuisine

2. the food prepared by a restaurant, household, etc

Word History and Origins

Origin of cuisine¹

1475–85; < French: literally, kitchen < Vulgar Latin *cocīna, for Latin coquīna; kitchen

Word History and Origins

Origin of cuisine¹

C18: from French, literally: kitchen, from Late Latin coquīna, from Latin coquere to cook

Example Sentences

Variety, says the historian Paul Freedman, is the hallmark of American cuisine.

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For decades, Wylie Dufresne worked at the cutting edge of haute cuisine, dreaming up high-concept dishes like deconstructed eggs Benedict or cubes of aerated foie gras.

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Takaichi saw Americans mixing up Japanese, Chinese and Korean language and cuisine, observing how Japan was often grouped together with China and South Korea.

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But German officials said its take on the kebab had become part of its own national cuisine.

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Related Words

• cooking 
• fare 
• meal 
• menu