prix fixe

noun

: a complete meal offered at a fixed price
also : the price charged

Examples of prix fixe in a Sentence

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More than a dozen restaurants across the island participate, each relying on island cooking traditions to create prix fixe menus using local ingredients. AFAR Media, 22 May 2025 The French and Italian classics are both offering prix fixe dinners that include appetizers and dessert. Linda Zavoral, The Mercury News, 20 Mar. 2025 The celebration launched on May 4 with restaurants across the island featuring special prix fixe menus for Restaurant Week. Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes.com, 10 June 2025 The restaurant chain has a Mother’s Day brunch ($55 for adults, $17 for kids) including a two-course prix fixe menu, plus brunch cocktails and champagne. Mike Snider, USA Today, 10 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for prix fixe

Word History

Etymology

French, fixed price

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of prix fixe was in 1851

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“Prix fixe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prix%20fixe. Accessed 29 Jun. 2025.

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