Meanings
plural juliennes
- cookingA garnish of vegetables cut into long, thin strips.
I compose a Julienne of carrots, leeks, turnips, sorrel, French beans, celery, green peas, &c. These I prepare in the ordinary way, which consists in cutting the carrots, turnips, leeks, French beans and celery into small pieces, either round or long.
1812, M. Appert, anonymous translator, The Art of Preserving All Kinds of Animal and Vegetable Substances, translation of original in FrenchSynonyms: allumette
present singular third person juliennes · participle present julienning · participle past julienned · past julienned
- transitiveTo prepare by cutting in this way.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA garnish of vegetables cut into long, thin strips.
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Origin
- Frenchjulienne
- Englishjulienne
From French julienne (1722), from given name Jules or Julien, presumably from an otherwise unknown chef of that name. Originally used in potage julienne (“Julienne potage, soup in the manner of Jules/Julien”), meaning “soup made from thin slices”; this sense is now known as chiffonade.
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Bulgarian жулиен
- жулиен (žulien)garnish of vegetables
Catalan juliana, tallar a la juliana
- julianagarnish of vegetables
- tallar a la julianaprepare by cutting in this way
Chinese Mandarin 蔬菜絲 /蔬菜丝, 切絲 /切丝
- 蔬菜絲 /蔬菜丝 (shūcàisī)garnish of vegetables
- 切絲 /切丝 (qiēsī)prepare by cutting in this way
Finnish suikaloidut vihannekset, suikaloida
- suikaloidut vihanneksetgarnish of vegetables
- suikaloidaprepare by cutting in this way
French julienne
- juliennegarnish of vegetables
German Julienne, stifeln
- Juliennegarnish of vegetables
- stifelnprepare by cutting in this way
Japanese 繊切り, 千切り
- 繊切り (sengiri)garnish of vegetables
- 千切り (sengiri)garnish of vegetables
Portuguese juliana
- julianagarnish of vegetables
Russian соло́мка, жюлье́н
- соло́мка (solómka)garnish of vegetables
- жюлье́н (žulʹjén)garnish of vegetables
- жулье́н (žulʹjén)garnish of vegetables
- нареза́ть соло́мкой (narezátʹ solómkoj)prepare by cutting in this way
- ре́зать соло́мкой (rézatʹ solómkoj)prepare by cutting in this way
- наре́зать соло́мкой (narézatʹ solómkoj)prepare by cutting in this way
Spanish juliana, al hilo
- julianagarnish of vegetables
- al hilogarnish of vegetables
Turkish jülyen
- jülyengarnish of vegetables
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julienne. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/julienne
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