noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/kwɪˈziːn/
/kəˈziːn/
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rhymes with -iːn
CMU ARPABET:K W IH0 Z IY1 N
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The food prepared using such style.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Synonym of culinary art: The art of preparing food in general.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: culinary art
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
A kitchen or cooking department.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, dated
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
5
noun
Meaning 5
the practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: culinary art
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cooking, cookery, preparation
Narrower terms: dim sum, haute cuisine, nouvelle cuisine, rechauffe, gastronomy
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French cuisine (“cooking, culinary art, kitchen”), from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna (“kitchen”). Doublet of kitchen.
Across languages
Translations
119 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
gjellëtari
— characteristic style of preparing food
Albanian:
kuzhinë
— characteristic style of preparing food
Arabic:
طَبْخ
(ṭabḵ)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Arabic:
طَبِيخ
(ṭabīḵ)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Arabic:
مَطْبَخ
(maṭbaḵ)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Arabic:
أَطْعِمَة
(ʔaṭʕima)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Armenian:
խոհանոց
(xohanocʻ)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Azerbaijani:
mətbəx
— characteristic style of preparing food
Bashkir:
аш-һыу
(aş-hıw)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Basque:
sukaldaritza
— characteristic style of preparing food
Belarusian:
ку́хня
(kúxnja)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Bengali:
রন্ধনশৈলী
(rondhonśōili)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Bengali:
রন্ধনপ্রণালী
(rondhonpronali)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Bulgarian:
ку́хня
(kúhnja)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Burmese:
ချက်ပြုတ်နည်း
(hkyakprutnany:)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Burmese:
စာ
(ca)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Burmese:
အစားအစာ
(a.ca:a.ca)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Catalan:
cuina
— characteristic style of preparing food
Chinese:
料理
(zh-min-nan)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Chinese Mandarin:
烹飪法 /烹饪法
(pēngrènfǎ)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Chinese Mandarin:
餐
(cān)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Chinese Mandarin:
料理
(liàolǐ)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Chinese Mandarin:
菜系
(càixì)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Czech:
kuchyně
— characteristic style of preparing food
Czech:
kuchařství
— characteristic style of preparing food
Danish:
køkken
— characteristic style of preparing food
Dutch:
keuken
— characteristic style of preparing food
Esperanto:
kuirarto
— characteristic style of preparing food
Estonian:
köök
— characteristic style of preparing food
Finnish:
keittiö
— characteristic style of preparing food
French:
cuisine
— characteristic style of preparing food
French:
art culinaire
— characteristic style of preparing food
Galician:
cociña
— characteristic style of preparing food
Georgian:
სამზარეულო
(samzareulo)
— characteristic style of preparing food
German:
Küche
— characteristic style of preparing food
German:
Kochkunst
— characteristic style of preparing food
Greek:
μαγειρική
(mageirikí)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Greek:
κουζίνα
(kouzína)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Hebrew:
מִטְבָּח
(mitbákh)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Hindi:
पाकशैली
(pākśailī)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Hindi:
पाक-प्रणाली
(pāk-praṇālī)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Hindi:
क्यूज़ीन
(kyūzīn)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Hungarian:
konyhaművészet
— characteristic style of preparing food
Hungarian:
konyha
— characteristic style of preparing food
Icelandic:
matargerð
— characteristic style of preparing food
Indonesian:
kuliner
— characteristic style of preparing food
Indonesian:
masakan
— characteristic style of preparing food
Indonesian:
hidangan
— characteristic style of preparing food
Irish:
cócaireacht
— characteristic style of preparing food
Irish:
bia
— characteristic style of preparing food
Italian:
cucina
— characteristic style of preparing food
Italian:
culinaria
— characteristic style of preparing food
Japanese:
料理
(ryōri)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Japanese:
割烹
(kappō)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Kapampangan:
pamaglutu
— characteristic style of preparing food
Kazakh:
тамақ
(tamaq)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Kazakh:
тағам
(tağam)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Kazakh:
асхана
(asxana)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Khmer:
ម្ហូប
(mhoup)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Korean:
요리
(yori)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Korean:
료리
(ryori)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Northern Kurdish:
mitfax
— characteristic style of preparing food
Kyrgyz:
ашкана
(aşkana)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Kyrgyz:
тамак
(tamak)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Lao:
ອາຫານ
(ʼā hān)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Latvian:
kulinārija
— characteristic style of preparing food
Latvian:
virtuve
— characteristic style of preparing food
Lithuanian:
virtuvė
— characteristic style of preparing food
Macedonian:
кујна
(kujna)
— characteristic style of preparing food
Malay:
kuliner
— characteristic style of preparing food
Malay:
masakan
— characteristic style of preparing food