cuisine

noun

cui·​sine kwi-ˈzēn 

kwē-

: manner of preparing food : style of cooking

a cooking method used in French cuisine

also : the food prepared

enjoys French cuisine

Synonyms

• cooking

Examples of cuisine in a Sentence

a cooking method used in French cuisine

a cuisine based on local ingredients

This restaurant is famous for its spicy cuisine.

Recent Examples on the Web

France is getting its first taste of Port City Southern cuisine with L’Arrêt, the new restaurant of chef Mashama Bailey and Johno Morisano of Savannah’s The Grey fame. —Lily Templeton, Footwear News, 30 Sep. 2025

Here, southern Italian chef Caterina Ceraudo creates elevated versions of local cuisine paired with the estate’s award-winning wines. —Gary Portuesi, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2025

At a banquet on select delicacies of Anhui cuisine—renowned for the unique flavors of its wild local ingredients—Qin Junfeng, director-general of the Anhui Foreign Affairs Office, rattled off the latest impressive digital development statistics to a couple of dozen guests around the giant table. —Matthew Tostevin, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025

Cardamom Cardamom is a staple ingredient in Indian cuisine, often referred to as the queen of Spices. —Jillian Kubala, Health, 30 Sep. 2025

Word History

Etymology

French, literally, kitchen, from Old French, from Late Latin coquina — more at kitchen entry 1

First Known Use

1786, in the meaning defined above

Phrases Containing cuisine

• chef de cuisine
• haute cuisine
• nouvelle cuisine

Rhymes for cuisine

• agin
• alkene
• allene
• ameen
• amin
• amine
• arene
• athene
• baleen
• beeline
• benzene
• between

Kids Definition

cuisine

noun

cui·​sine kwi-ˈzēn 

kwē-

: style of cooking

Mexican cuisine

Chinese cuisine

also : the food cooked