Meanings
plural hors d'oeuvres · alternative hors-d'oeuvre · alternative hors d'œuvre · alternative hors-d'œuvre
- broadlyAnything preliminary and of secondary concern.
His price was five hundred pounds in English or French gold—an interesting phase of your ordinary blackmailer's antipathy to paper—merely an hors d'oeuvre to the solid things to come, of course.
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC - datedrareSomething unusual or extraordinary.
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Frenchhors-d'œuvre
- Frenchhors-d'œuvre
- Englishhors d'oeuvre
Borrowed from French hors-d'œuvre.
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian ордьо́вър, мезе́
- ордьо́вър (ordjóvăr)appetizer
- мезе́ (mezé)appetizer
- предя́стие (predjástie)appetizer
- заку́ска (zakúska)appetizer
Chinese Mandarin 次要的事情, 前菜
- 次要的事情 (cìyào de shìqing)anything preliminary and of secondary concern
- 前菜 (qiáncài)appetizer
- 小吃 (xiǎochī)appetizer
- 點心 /点心 (diǎnxin)appetizer
- 冷盤 /冷盘 (lěngpán)appetizer
- 開胃菜 /开胃菜 (kāiwèicài)appetizer
Czech předkrm
- předkrmappetizer
Danish forret, hors d'oeuvre
- forretappetizer
- hors d'oeuvreappetizer
Dutch hors-d'oeuvre
- hors-d'oeuvreappetizer
Esperanto antaŭmanĝaĵo
- antaŭmanĝaĵoappetizer
Finnish sivuseikka, alkupala
- sivuseikkaanything preliminary and of secondary concern
- alkupalaappetizer
French rien, gnognotte
- rienanything preliminary and of secondary concern
- gnognotteanything preliminary and of secondary concern
- broutilleanything preliminary and of secondary concern
- pipi de chatanything preliminary and of secondary concern
- hors-d'œuvreappetizer
German Hors d’œuvre, Vorspeise
- Hors d’œuvreappetizer
- Vorspeiseappetizer
Greek ορεκτικό
- ορεκτικό (orektikó)appetizer
Hungarian előétel
- előételappetizer
Japanese オードブル, つき出し
- オードブル (ōdoburu)appetizer
- つき出し (tsukidashi)appetizer
- 突き出し (tsukidashi)appetizer
- 前菜 (zensai)appetizer
- アペタイザー (apetaizā)appetizer
Korean 오르되브르, 전채
- 오르되브르 (oreudoebeureu)appetizer
- 전채 (jeonchae)appetizer
- 애피타이저 (aepitaijeo)appetizer
Latin gustātiō, prōmulsis
- gustātiōappetizer
- prōmulsisappetizer
Māori kūmamatanga, whakapūwharu
- kūmamatangaappetizer
- whakapūwharuappetizer
Polish przystawka, zakąska
- przystawkaanything preliminary and of secondary concern
- zakąskaappetizer
- przystawkaappetizer
Portuguese aperitivo
- aperitivoappetizer
Russian заку́ска, переку́ска
- заку́ска (zakúska)appetizer
- переку́ска (perekúska)appetizer
- переку́с (perekús)appetizer
Slovak predkrm, predjedlo
- predkrmappetizer
- predjedloappetizer
Spanish aperitivo
- aperitivoappetizer
Swedish förrätt
- förrättappetizer
Tagalog pampagana
- pampaganaappetizer
Thai ออเดิร์ฟ
- ออเดิร์ฟ (ɔɔ-də́əp)appetizer
Turkish ordövr
- ordövrappetizer
Ukrainian заку́ска, за́куска
- заку́ска (zakúska)appetizer
- за́куска (zákuska)appetizer
- пере́куска (perékuska)appetizer
Cite this entry
hors d'oeuvre. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hors%20d'oeuvre
“hors d'oeuvre.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hors%20d'oeuvre. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hors d'oeuvre,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hors%20d'oeuvre.
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