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FRENCH · A WORD WITH POSSIBILITIES

cuisine.

kitchen

7 characters3 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/kɥi.zin/

  1. kitchen

    feminine
    Brian est dans la cuisine

  2. culinary art or cuisine

    feminine
    J’aime la cuisine française.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French cuisine (“kitchen; cooking, cooked food”), from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna (“kitchen”). First attested in the 12th century. Cognate with English kitchen.

verb/kɥi.zin/

  1. inflection of cuisiner: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · indicative · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of cuisiner: second-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · second-person · singular
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French cuisine (“kitchen; cooking, cooked food”), from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna (“kitchen”). First attested in the 12th century. Cognate with English kitchen.

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