Definitions for cuisine
kwɪˈzincui·sine

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. cuisine, culinary artnoun

   the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.3 / 3 votes

1. cuisinenoun

   a characteristic style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin

2. Etymology: From cuisine, from cocina, dissimilation of coquina, from coquo.

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1. Cuisine

   A cuisine is a style of cooking characterized by distinctive ingredients, techniques and dishes, and usually associated with a specific culture or geographic region. Regional food preparation techniques, customs, and ingredients combine to enable dishes unique to a region.A cuisine is partly determined by ingredients that are available locally or through trade. Regional ingredients are developed and commonly contribute to a regional or national cuisine, such as Japanese rice in Japanese cuisine or New Mexico chile in New Mexican cuisine. Likewise, national dishes have variations, such as gyros in Greek cuisine and hamburger in American cuisine. Religious food laws can also exercise an influence on cuisine, such as Hinduism in Indian cuisine, Sikhism in Punjabi cuisine, Buddhism in East Asian cuisine, Christianity in European cuisine, Islam in Middle Eastern cuisine, and Judaism in Jewish and Israeli cuisine.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:5.0 / 3 votes

1. Cuisinenoun

   the kitchen or cooking department

2. Cuisinenoun

   manner or style of cooking

3. Etymology: [F., fr. L. coquina kitchen, fr. coquere to cook. See Kitchen.]

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1. Cuisine

   Cuisine is a characteristic style of cooking practices and traditions, often associated with a specific culture. Cuisines are often named after the geographic areas or regions that they originate from. A cuisine is primarily influenced by the ingredients that are available locally or through trade. Religious food laws, such as Islamic dietary laws and Jewish dietary laws, can also exercise a strong influence on cuisine. Regional food preparation traditions, customs and ingredients often combine to create dishes unique to a particular region.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Cuisine

   kwe-zēn′, n. a kitchen or cooking department: cookery.—n. Cuisin′ier, a cook. [Fr. (It. cucina)—L. coquina—coquĕre, to cook.]

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of cuisine in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of cuisine in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of cuisine in a Sentence

1. Paul Pairet:

   I chose Shanghai because there was already the ingredients. Obviously, the power of Shanghai, the energy of Shanghai... to free up Western cuisine based on curiosity, all these ingredients are very important, especially for the avant-garde.

2. Alberto Grandi:

   When a community finds itself deprived of its sense of identity, because of whatever historical shock or fracture with its past, it invents traditions to act as founding myths, italian cuisine really is more American than it is Italian.

3. Kelly Kim:

   Yellow Fever celebrates all things Asian: the food, the culture and the people and our menu reflects that featuring cuisine from Korea, Japan, China, Vietnam, Thailand and Hawaii, we have been a proud Asian, female-owned business since our founding over four and a half years ago in Torrance, California.

4. Bob Barnes:

   My [social media] followers tell me I should go do these things more often, so I’m trying to be more active about trying the local cuisine.

5. Masaaki Sano:

   One thing about the pufferfish is that it's not really just about the fish itself, it's about the skill of the chef who cuts it, the presentation… it's a delicate cuisine – that's the point.

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