bouquet garni

noun

A bundled mixture of herbs or dried herbs used as a flavouring for stews, soups, and sauces.

OriginFrench bouquet garni →
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Meanings

nounbouquet garni (plural bouquets garnis)

plural bouquets garnis

  1. A bundled mixture of herbs or dried herbs used as a flavouring for stews, soups, and sauces.

    In the past, the bouquet garni was a prescribed mixture of thyme, bay leaf, and parsley. But thankfully the traditional formula has changed as cooking methods have become less regimented.

    2010, Ruth Lively, Cooking from the Garden, Taunton Press, →ISBN, page 117

Origin

  1. Frenchbouquet garni
  2. Englishbouquet garni

Borrowed from French bouquet garni (literally “garnished bouquet”).

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Translations

Dutch bouquet garni
  • bouquet garnibouquet garni
Finnish yrttikimppu
  • yrttikimppubouquet garni
French bouquet garni
  • bouquet garnibouquet garni
German Bouquet garni
  • Bouquet garnibouquet garni
Japanese ブーケガルニ
  • ブーケガルニ (būkegaruni)bouquet garni
Russian букет гарни
  • букет гарни (buket garni)bouquet garni
Spanish bouquet garni
  • bouquet garnibouquet garni
Swedish bouquet garni
  • bouquet garnibouquet garni
Ukrainian буке́т гарні́
  • буке́т гарні́ (bukét harní)bouquet garni
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APA

bouquet garni. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bouquet%20garni

MLA

“bouquet garni.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bouquet%20garni. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bouquet garni,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bouquet%20garni.

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