cuisine

UK: /kwɪˈziːn/ US: /kwɪˈzin/ ,(kwi zēn′)

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cui•sine /kwɪˈzin/   n. [uncountable]

1. a style or manner of cooking:
   French cuisine.
2. the food prepared, as by a restaurant:
   The cuisine there is excellent.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025

cui•sine  (kwi zēn′), n. 

1. a style or quality of cooking;
   cookery:
   Italian cuisine; This restaurant has an excellent cuisine.
2. [Archaic.] the kitchen or culinary department of a house, hotel, etc.

• Vulgar Latin *cocīna, for Latin coquīna; see kitchen
• French: literally, kitchen
• 1475–85

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cuisine / kwɪˈziːn/ noun

1. a style or manner of cooking: French cuisine
2. the food prepared by a restaurant, household, etc

Etymology: 18th Century: from French, literally: kitchen, from Late Latin coquīna, from Latin coquere to cook