Meanings
adjectiveculinary (comparative more culinary, superlative most culinary)
comparative more culinary · superlative most culinary
- Relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking.
Her culinary skills were excellent.
1 more example
Sizzling kebabs, delicious kheer and the ever popular haleem -it's a clear sign that Ramadan sure brings with it a culinary awakening. At the same time, Ramadan is all about discipline and faith.
2016 June 16, Nandita Ravi, “Fast and feast responsibly this Ramadan!”, in The Times of India, archived from the original on 25 Feb 2017Synonyms: cooking, coquinary, culinarian, magirological, magiristic, magiric
- Of or relating to a kitchen.
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveRelating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking.
Origin
- Latinculīnārius
- Frenchculinaire
- Englishculinary
Borrowed from French culinaire, itself a borrowing from Latin culīnārius, from culīna (“kitchen”).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Afrikaans culinaire
- culinairerelating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Ancient Greek μαγειρικός
- μαγειρικός (mageirikós)relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Arabic مَطْبَخِيّ
- مَطْبَخِيّ (maṭbaḵiyy)relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Catalan culinari
- culinarirelating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Chinese Mandarin 烹飪 /烹饪, 烹調 /烹调
- 烹飪 /烹饪 (pēngrèn)relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- 烹調 /烹调 (pēngtiáo)relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Czech kuchařský, kulinářský
- kuchařskýrelating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- kulinářskýrelating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- kuchyňskýrelating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Danish kulinarisk
- kulinariskrelating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Dutch culinair
- culinairrelating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Estonian kulinaarne
- kulinaarnerelating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Finnish kulinaarinen
- kulinaarinenrelating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
French culinaire
- culinairerelating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
German kulinarisch, Küchen-
- kulinarischrelating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- Küchen-relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Greek μαγειρικός, εδεσματολογικός
- μαγειρικός (mageirikós)relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- εδεσματολογικός (edesmatologikós)relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Hebrew קולינרי
- קולינרי (Kuli'nari)relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Hungarian étkezési
- étkezésirelating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Icelandic matreiðslu
- matreiðslurelating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Indonesian kuliner
- kulinerrelating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Italian culinario
- culinariorelating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Japanese 料理の
- 料理の (ryōri-no)relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Korean 부엌용의
- 부엌용의 (bueok-yong-ui)relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Latin culīnārius
- culīnāriusrelating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Malay kulinari
- kulinarirelating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Norwegian Bokmål kulinarisk
- kulinariskrelating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Polish kulinarny
- kulinarnyrelating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Portuguese culinário
- culináriorelating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Russian кулина́рный, пова́ренный
- кулина́рный (kulinárnyj)relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- пова́ренный (povárennyj)relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Spanish culinario
- culinariorelating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Swedish kulinarisk
- kulinariskrelating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Tagalog sa pagluluto, pagluluto
- sa paglulutorelating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- paglulutorelating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Thai สูทศาสตร์
- สูทศาสตร์ (sòot-sàat)relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
Ukrainian кухарський, куховарський
- кухарський (kuxarsʹkyj)relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- куховарський (kuxovarsʹkyj)relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
- куліна́рний (kulinárnyj)relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking
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Cite this entry
APA
culinary. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culinary
MLA
“culinary.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culinary. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “culinary,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/culinary.
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