haute cuisine

UK/əʊt kwɪˈziːn/

noun

Elaborate or skillfully style or manner of preparing food, especially that of France.

OriginFrench haute →
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Meanings

nounhaute cuisine (uncountable)
  1. uncountableElaborate or skillfully style or manner of preparing food, especially that of France.
  2. uncountableThe food prepared using such style.

Origin

  1. Frenchhaute“high”
  2. Englishhaute cuisine

Borrowed from French haute (“high”) + cuisine (“cookery”). Literally, “high(-class) cookery”. First attested in 1829. Usually in italics until 1960s.

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Translations

Catalan alta cuina
  • alta cuinarefined cookery
Dutch haute cuisine
  • haute cuisinerefined cookery
French grande cuisine
  • grande cuisinerefined cookery
German Haute cuisine
  • Haute cuisinerefined cookery
Indonesian haute cuisine, adiboga
  • haute cuisinerefined cookery
  • adibogarefined cookery
Portuguese alta cozinha, alta gastronomia
  • alta cozinharefined cookery
  • alta gastronomiarefined cookery
Russian высо́кая ку́хня
  • высо́кая ку́хня (vysókaja kúxnja)refined cookery
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