prix fixe

[pree fiks, pree feeks]

noun

plural

prix fixes 

1. a fixed price charged for any meal chosen from the variety listed on the menu.

prix fixe

/ pri fiks /

noun

1. a fixed price charged for one of a set number of meals offered on a menu Compare à la carte table d'hôte

Word History and Origins

Origin of prix fixe¹

Borrowed into English from French around 1880–85

Example Sentences

For 20 guests, De La Nonna requires its prix fixe menu with optional drink packages, but 30 or more guests are considered a “partial buyout,” so both are required.

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Demand for the prix fixe restaurant is so high that The Mather is thinking of opening for a third day of the week.

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Demand for the prix fixe restaurant is so high that The Mather is thinking of opening for a third day of the week.

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And at Chishuru, whose prix fixe dinner menu is priced at £95, egusi — a seed used in soup, usually served with pounded yam — flavors an ice cream accompanying a meringue sponge.

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With a pleasant chew, each bite represented a harmonious meeting of flavors akin to a fancy prix fixe morsel.

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