adj
Meaning 1
Relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Her culinary skills were excellent.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
culinary
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈkʌlɪn(ə)ɹi/
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US: /ˈkʌlɪˌnɛɹi/
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US: /ˈk(j)ulɪˌnɛɹi/
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US: /ˈkʊlɪˌnɛɹi/
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CMU ARPABET: K Y UW1 L IH0 N EH2 R IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Of or relating to a kitchen.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
of or relating to or used in cooking
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French culinaire, itself a borrowing from Latin culīnārius, from culīna (“kitchen”).
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Afrikaans: culinaire — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Albanian: kulinar — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Arabic: مَطْبَخِيّ (maṭbaḵiyy) — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Catalan: culinari — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Chinese Mandarin: 烹飪 /烹饪 (pēngrèn) — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Chinese Mandarin: 烹調 /烹调 (pēngtiáo) — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Czech: kuchařský — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Czech: kulinářský — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Czech: kuchyňský — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Danish: kulinarisk — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Dutch: culinair — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Finnish: kulinaarinen — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- French: culinaire — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- German: kulinarisch — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- German: Küchen- — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Greek: μαγειρικός (mageirikós) — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Greek: εδεσματολογικός (edesmatologikós) — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Ancient Greek: μαγειρικός (mageirikós) — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Hebrew: קולינרי (Kuli'nari) — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Hungarian: étkezési — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Icelandic: matreiðslu — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Indonesian: kuliner — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Italian: culinario — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Japanese: 料理の (ryōri-no) — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Khmer: ម្ហូប (mboub) — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Korean: 부엌용의 (bueok-yong-ui) — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Latin: culīnārius — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Malay: kulinari — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Norwegian Bokmål: kulinarisk — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Norwegian Nynorsk: kulinarisk — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Polish: kulinarny — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Portuguese: culinário — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Russian: кулина́рный (kulinárnyj) — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Russian: пова́ренный (povárennyj) — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Spanish: culinario — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Swedish: kulinarisk — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Tagalog: sa pagluluto — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Tagalog: pagluluto — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Thai: สูทศาสตร์ (sòot-sàat) — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Ukrainian: кухарський (kuxarsʹkyj) — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Ukrainian: куховарський (kuxovarsʹkyj) — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Ukrainian: куліна́рний (kulinárnyj) — relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
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