hors d'oeuvre
A small, light, and usually savory first course in a mealA small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal.
» Hors d'oeuvre are small dishes served before a meal.
Als Hors-d’œuvre bezeichnet man kleine Vorspeisen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
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3 sensesA small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal.
(broadly)Anything preliminary and of secondary concern.
(dated, rare)Something unusual or extraordinary.
Hors d’œuvre, Vorspeise
заку́скаzakúska, переку́скаperekúska, переку́сperekús
заку́скаzakúska, за́кускаzákuska, пере́кускаperékuska
- a dish served as an appetizer before the main meal
Examples
2 sentencesHors d'oeuvre are small dishes served before a meal.
deAls Hors-d’œuvre bezeichnet man kleine Vorspeisen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
My wife loves fish hors d'oeuvre, so it's easier for me to get a kitchen pass for my fishing.
Translations
8 languagesOrigin
Borrowed from French hors-d'œuvre.Borrowed from French hors-d'œuvre.
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Forms
plural: hors d'oeuvre / hors d'oeuvresSynonyms
5 synonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.