charcuterie

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UK/ʃɑːɹˈk(j)uːtəɹi/UK/ʃɑːɹˌk(j)uːtəˈɹiː/US/ʃɑɹˈkutəɹi/US[ʃɑɹˈkuɾəɹi]

noun

The practice of cooking and preparing ready-to-eat meat products, especially pork.

OriginFrench charcuterie →
UncommonScrabble 18
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Meanings

nouncharcuterie (countable and uncountable, plural charcuteries)

plural charcuteries

  1. uncountableThe practice of cooking and preparing ready-to-eat meat products, especially pork.
  2. uncountableCured meat that is ready to be eaten, especially pork.
  3. countableA shop or part of a shop specialising in cured meat.

    It was not until after the waiter came with the bill that Scott decided that we have the hotel make us a picnic lunch. I tried to argue him out of this as I was sure we could get a bottle of Mâcon in Mâcon and we could buy something to make sandwiches in a charcuterie.

    1964, Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable Feast, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner’s Sons, →OCLC, page 153
  4. abbreviationcountableellipsisuncountableEllipsis of charcuterie board.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
charcuterie boardsalumesalumi

Origin

  1. Frenchcharcuterie
  2. Frenchcharcuterie
  3. Englishcharcuterie

Borrowed from French charcuterie.

More words from French

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Translations

Afrikaans charcuterie, kouevleis
  • charcuteriecured meat, ready to be eaten
  • kouevleiscured meat, ready to be eaten
  • charcuteriepart of a shop specialising in cured meat
  • vleisdelikatessewinkelpart of a shop specialising in cured meat
Czech uzenina, uzeniny
  • uzeninacured meat, ready to be eaten
  • uzeninycured meat, ready to be eaten
  • uzenářstvícured meat, ready to be eaten
Finnish lihanjalostus, lihaleikkeleet
  • lihanjalostuspractice of cooking and preparing ready-to-eat meat products
  • lihaleikkeleetcured meat, ready to be eaten
  • leikkeleosastopart of a shop specialising in cured meat
  • leikkeletiskipart of a shop specialising in cured meat
German feine Fleisch- und Wurstwaren, Wurstdelikatessen
  • feine Fleisch- und Wurstwarencured meat, ready to be eaten
  • Wurstdelikatessencured meat, ready to be eaten
  • verzehrfertige Fleisch- und Wurstwarencured meat, ready to be eaten
  • Charcuteriecured meat, ready to be eaten
Hungarian felvágott, felvágottaspult
  • felvágottcured meat, ready to be eaten
  • felvágottaspultpart of a shop specialising in cured meat
Italian salume
  • salumecured meat, ready to be eaten
Polish wędlina
  • wędlinacured meat, ready to be eaten
Portuguese charcutaria
  • charcutariapart of a shop specialising in cured meat
Romanian mezeluri
  • mezeluricured meat, ready to be eaten
Spanish charcutería
  • charcuteríapart of a shop specialising in cured meat
Swedish charkiturivara, charkuteri
  • charkiturivaracured meat, ready to be eaten
  • charkuteripart of a shop specialising in cured meat
  • charkpart of a shop specialising in cured meat
Turkish şarküteri
  • şarküteripart of a shop specialising in cured meat
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APA

charcuterie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/charcuterie

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“charcuterie.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/charcuterie. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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