cuisine C2+ Topic:Cooking & Baking US /kwɪˈzin/ UK /kwɪˈziːn/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 noun a style or manner of cooking, especially of a region The restaurant is famous for its refined French cuisine. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · a style or manner of... cookingcookeryfoodgastronomyfare Word family Related forms kitchenculinary Etymology AI details Borrowed from French 'cuisine' ('kitchen, cooking'), from Late Latin 'coquīna' ('kitchen'), from Latin 'coquere' ('to cook'). cuisine Middle French coquīna Latin coquere Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Cooking & Baking Places & Geography External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # cuisine **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /kwɪˈzin/ **IPA (UK):** /kwɪˈziːn/ ## Meanings 1. a style or manner of cooking, especially of a region ## Examples - The restaurant is famous for its refined French cuisine. ## Synonyms - cooking - cookery - food - gastronomy - fare ## Related Forms - kitchen - culinary ## Roots and Affixes - Root: cuisine - Root: coquīna - Root: coquere ## Etymology Borrowed from French 'cuisine' ('kitchen, cooking'), from Late Latin 'coquīna' ('kitchen'), from Latin 'coquere' ('to cook'). ## AI Etymology Cuisine has the etymological history Borrowed from French 'cuisine' ('kitchen, cooking'), from Late Latin 'coquīna' ('kitchen'), from Latin 'coquere' ('to cook'). The ancestry passes through Middle French cuisine, Latin coquīna, and Latin coquere. In present use as a noun, it means "a style or manner of cooking, especially of a region", keeping the historical formation close to the word's ordinary semantic work. Related words include kitchen and culinary. The surrounding word family keeps the same base visible in kitchen and culinary, showing how the headword belongs to a larger cluster rather than standing alone. ## Topics - Cooking & Baking - Places & Geography markdown