prix fixe

noun

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

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Modeled after Beast’s castle, Be Our Guest’s three-course prix fixe menu can be as tailored as Belle’s dress, where options free of common allergens are plentiful. Karla Walsh, Bon Appetit Magazine, 25 July 2025 Here’s your chance to indulge on three-course prix fixe lunch and brunch deals from $25 or $35 per person, or special dinner menus from $40, $55 or $65 per person. Kaeli Conforti, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025 Today Près des Prés serves French cuisine with a prix fixe menu that Chef Abigail Duck changes monthly. Brennan Long, Southern Living, 11 July 2025 On May 5, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., the restaurants will offer a four-course French-Mex prix fixe menu. Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 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 2 Aug. 2025.

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