cuisine
A characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of…A characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.
» This is Canadian cuisine.
Meaning
4 senses(countable, uncountable)A characteristic manner or 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.
Küche, Kochkunst
ку́хняkúxnja, кулинари́яkulinaríja
ку́хняkúxnja
the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared
(countable, uncountable)The food prepared using such style.
(uncountable)Synonym of culinary art: The art of preparing food in general.
(countable, dated)A kitchen or cooking department.
Examples
101 sentencesThis is Canadian cuisine.
Do you not like Chinese cuisine?
Тобі не подобається китайська кухня?
ruТы не любишь китайскую кухню?
deSagt dir die chinesische Küche nicht zu?
Ziri tasted the city’s local cuisine.
Dumplings exist across many different cuisines.
Italian cuisine is popular around the world.
ruИтальянская кухня популярна во всём мире.
deDie italienische Küche ist auf der ganzen Welt beliebt.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French cuisine (“cooking, culinary art, kitchen”), from Late Latin cocīna, fBorrowed from French cuisine (“cooking, culinary art, kitchen”), from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna (“kitchen”). Doublet of kitchen.
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Forms
plural: cuisinesSynonyms
2 synonyms- the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared:culinary art
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable