cuisine

Etymology

Borrowed from French cuisine (“cooking, culinary art, kitchen”), from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna. Doublet of kitchen.

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable) A characteristic style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.
    French cuisine is considered to be one of the world's most refined and elegant styles of cooking.
    The restaurant is noted for its excellent cuisine.
  2. (uncountable) Synonym of culinary art: The art of preparing food, generally.
  3. (countable, dated) A kitchen or cooking department.

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