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View synonyms for prix fixe

prix fixe

[ pree fiks; French pree feeks ]

noun

, plural prix fixes [pree, , fiks, p, r, ee , feeks].
  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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of prix fixe1

Borrowed into English from French around 1880–85
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Example Sentences

We would choose restaurants that advertised dishes like Lobster Thermador, Champagne Ravioli, or Boeuf Bourguignon, but would invariably select the traditional turkey dinner with dressing and all the trimmings from the prix fixe menu.

In 1982, Roellinger saved the sea merchant's house from foreclosure by opening a table d'hôte (prix fixe restaurant) inside.

Did you ever find a Continental shopkeeper whose "prix fixe" might not be proved a lucus-a-nonentity?

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