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cuire.

to cook

5 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/kɥiʁ/
  1. to cook

    intransitive
    Le repas cuit.
    Je fais cuire le repas.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Middle French cuire, from Old French cuire, from Late Latin cocere, from Latin coquere.

verb/kɥiʁ/
  1. inflection of cuirer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person
  2. inflection of cuirer: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
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