prix fixe

noun

ˈprē-ˈfēks 

-ˈfiks

: a complete meal offered at a fixed price

also : the price charged

Examples of prix fixe in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Christmas Day will be a three-course, $75 prix fixe menu of corn chowder or Caesar salad, gnudi or prime rib and peppermint chocolate cream pie. —Molly Davis, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Dec. 2025

The Abbey Resort The resort on the shores of Geneva Lake will offer a Christmas Eve prix fixe dinner and a Christmas Day brunch buffet in the 240° West Restaurant. —Elaine Rewolinski, jsonline.com, 11 Dec. 2025

Make a whole night out of the last day of 2025 by starting with a four-course prix fixe meal at Fahrenheit, featuring sea bass, filet and king crab, stuff lobster and more. —Charlottefive Staff, Charlotte Observer, 10 Dec. 2025

Note that many eateries offer prix fixe menus during the holiday period. —Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 29 Nov. 2025

Word History

Etymology

French, fixed price

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for prix fixe

• chopsticks
• lipsticks
• picnics
• reliques
• toothpicks
• yardsticks
• biopolitics
• bolsheviks
• candlesticks
• crucifix
• intermix
• lunatics

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