chiffonade

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/ʃɪfəˈnɑːd/

noun

A culinary preparation of herbs or leafy vegetables cut into long, thin ribbons.

OriginFrench chiffonade →
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Meanings

nounchiffonade (plural chiffonades)

plural chiffonades

  1. A culinary preparation of herbs or leafy vegetables cut into long, thin ribbons.
verbchiffonade (third-person singular simple present chiffonades, present participle chiffonading, simple past and past participle chiffonaded)

present singular third person chiffonades · participle present chiffonading · participle past chiffonaded · past chiffonaded

  1. To prepare a chiffonade.

Origin

  1. Frenchchiffonade
  2. Frenchchiffonade
  3. Englishchiffonade

Borrowed from French chiffonade.

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APA

chiffonade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiffonade

MLA

“chiffonade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiffonade. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chiffonade,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chiffonade.

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