English Explanatory Dictionary

haute cuisine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Elaborate or skillfully style or manner of preparing food, especially that of France.
  2. The food prepared using such style.

Pronunciation

/əʊt kwɪˈziːn/

Word forms

haute cuisine

Etymology

Borrowed from French haute (“high”) + cuisine (“cookery”). Literally, “high(-class) cookery”. First attested in 1829. Usually in italics until 1960s.

Translations

Catalan: alta cuina Dutch: haute cuisine French: grande cuisine Galician: alta cociña Georgian: მაღალი კულინარია Georgian: გრან-კუიზინი Georgian: ოტ-კუიზინი German: Haute cuisine Indonesian: haute cuisine Indonesian: adiboga Macedonian: висока кујна Portuguese: alta cozinha Portuguese: alta gastronomia Russian: высо́кая ку́хня
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