Meanings
plural cuisines
- countableuncountableA characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.
The restaurant is noted for its excellent cuisine.
1 more example
French cuisine is considered to be one of the world's most refined and elegant styles of cooking.
Synonyms: culinary art, kitchen
- countableuncountableThe food prepared using such style.
For example, salsa and pico de gallo from Mexican cuisine sometimes include fruits like peach, mango or pineapple, balancing hot peppers like habanero or jalapeño with their sweetness. […] Cookbooks covering cuisines that feature swicy flavor profiles are a great place to start.
2024 June 6, Brooke Younger, “What Is Swicy, and Why Do You Need It in Your Life?”, in Cozymeal - countabledatedA kitchen or cooking department.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA characteristic manner or style of preparing food, often associated with a place of origin.
nounSynonym of culinary art: The art of preparing food in general.
More synonyms by meaning
nounthe practice or manner of preparing food or the food so prepared
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Late Latincocīna
- Frenchcuisine“cooking, culinary art, kitchen”
- Englishcuisine
Borrowed from French cuisine (“cooking, culinary art, kitchen”), from Late Latin cocīna, from earlier coquīna (“kitchen”). Doublet of kitchen.
More words from French, Late Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic طَبْخ, طَبِيخ
- طَبْخ (ṭabḵ)characteristic style of preparing food
- طَبِيخ (ṭabīḵ)characteristic style of preparing food
- مَطْبَخ (maṭbaḵ)characteristic style of preparing food
- أَطْعِمَة (ʔaṭʕima)characteristic style of preparing food
Basque sukaldaritza
- sukaldaritzacharacteristic style of preparing food
Bengali রন্ধনশৈলী, রন্ধনপ্রণালী
- রন্ধনশৈলী (rondhonśōili)characteristic style of preparing food
- রন্ধনপ্রণালী (rondhonpronali)characteristic style of preparing food
Bulgarian ку́хня
- ку́хня (kúhnja)characteristic style of preparing food
Catalan cuina
- cuinacharacteristic style of preparing food
Chinese Mandarin 烹飪法 /烹饪法, 餐
- 烹飪法 /烹饪法 (pēngrènfǎ)characteristic style of preparing food
- 餐 (cān)characteristic style of preparing food
- 料理 (liàolǐ)characteristic style of preparing food
- 菜系 (càixì)characteristic style of preparing food
Czech kuchyně, kuchařství
- kuchyněcharacteristic style of preparing food
- kuchařstvícharacteristic style of preparing food
Danish køkken
- køkkencharacteristic style of preparing food
Dutch keuken
- keukencharacteristic style of preparing food
Esperanto kuirarto
- kuirartocharacteristic style of preparing food
Estonian köök
- köökcharacteristic style of preparing food
Finnish keittiö
- keittiöcharacteristic style of preparing food
French cuisine, art culinaire
- cuisinecharacteristic style of preparing food
- art culinairecharacteristic style of preparing food
German Küche, Kochkunst
- Küchecharacteristic style of preparing food
- Kochkunstcharacteristic style of preparing food
Greek μαγειρική, κουζίνα
- μαγειρική (mageirikí)characteristic style of preparing food
- κουζίνα (kouzína)characteristic style of preparing food
Hebrew מִטְבָּח
- מִטְבָּח (mitbákh)characteristic style of preparing food
Hindi पाकशैली, पाक-प्रणाली
- पाकशैली (pākśailī)characteristic style of preparing food
- पाक-प्रणाली (pāk-praṇālī)characteristic style of preparing food
- क्यूज़ीन (kyūzīn)characteristic style of preparing food
Hungarian konyhaművészet, konyha
- konyhaművészetcharacteristic style of preparing food
- konyhacharacteristic style of preparing food
Icelandic matargerð
- matargerðcharacteristic style of preparing food
Indonesian kuliner, masakan
- kulinercharacteristic style of preparing food
- masakancharacteristic style of preparing food
- hidangancharacteristic style of preparing food
Irish cócaireacht, bia
- cócaireachtcharacteristic style of preparing food
- biacharacteristic style of preparing food
Italian cucina, culinaria
- cucinacharacteristic style of preparing food
- culinariacharacteristic style of preparing food
Japanese 料理, 割烹
- 料理 (ryōri)characteristic style of preparing food
- 割烹 (kappō)characteristic style of preparing food
Korean 요리, 료리
- 요리 (yori)characteristic style of preparing food
- 료리 (ryori)characteristic style of preparing food
Latvian kulinārija, virtuve
- kulinārijacharacteristic style of preparing food
- virtuvecharacteristic style of preparing food
Lithuanian virtuvė
- virtuvėcharacteristic style of preparing food
Malay kuliner, masakan
- kulinercharacteristic style of preparing food
- masakancharacteristic style of preparing food
Norwegian Bokmål kjøkken
- kjøkkencharacteristic style of preparing food
Polish kuchnia
- kuchniacharacteristic style of preparing food
Portuguese cozinha, culinária
- cozinhacharacteristic style of preparing food
- culináriacharacteristic style of preparing food
Russian ку́хня, кулинари́я
- ку́хня (kúxnja)characteristic style of preparing food
- кулинари́я (kulinaríja)characteristic style of preparing food
Slovak kuchyňa
- kuchyňacharacteristic style of preparing food
Spanish gastronomía
- gastronomíacharacteristic style of preparing food
Swedish kök, matkultur
- kökcharacteristic style of preparing food
- matkulturcharacteristic style of preparing food
- kokkonstcharacteristic style of preparing food
Tagalog pagluluto, lutuin
- paglulutocharacteristic style of preparing food
- lutuincharacteristic style of preparing food
Thai อาหาร
- อาหาร (aa-hǎan)characteristic style of preparing food
Turkish mutfak
- mutfakcharacteristic style of preparing food
Ukrainian ку́хня
- ку́хня (kúxnja)characteristic style of preparing food
Urdu طَعامی طَرْز, کْیُوزِین
- طَعامی طَرْز (ta'āmī tarz)characteristic style of preparing food
- کْیُوزِین (kyūzīn)characteristic style of preparing food
- طَبّاخی کا طَرْز (tabbāxī kā tarz)characteristic style of preparing food
- طَعام (ta'ām)characteristic style of preparing food
Vietnamese ẩm thực
- ẩm thựccharacteristic style of preparing food
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with cuisine
Cite this entry
cuisine. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuisine
“cuisine.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuisine. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cuisine,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cuisine.
Source: cuisine on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.