English

Noun

cuisine ‎(plural cuisines)

1. a characteristic style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin

   French cuisine is considered to be one of the world's most refined and elegant styles of cooking.

   The restaurant is noted for its excellent cuisine.

Synonyms

• (characteristic style of preparing food): culinary art, kitchen

Derived terms

• haute cuisine
• nouvelle cuisine

Related terms

• curry

Translations

See also

• gastronomy

French

Etymology

From Old French [Term?], from Vulgar Latin *cocīna, from Latin coquīna, whence also Catalan cuina, Galician cociña, Italian cucina, Portuguese cozinha, Spanish cocina, and ultimately English kitchen, Dutch keuken and German Küche.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɥi.zin/

Noun

cuisine f ‎(plural cuisines)

1. kitchen

   Brian est dans la cuisine‎

   Brian is in the kitchen.

2. cuisine

   J’aime la cuisine française.‎

   I like French cooking.

Verb

cuisine

1. first-person singular present indicative of cuisiner
2. third-person singular present indicative of cuisiner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of cuisiner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of cuisiner
5. second-person singular imperative of cuisiner