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

The menu may be endless – limited only by the diner’s appetite – or prix fixe, with supplemental and scrumptious add-ons like sea urchin or black caviar. —John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 24 Dec. 2025

Visit for a special occasion dinner and choose from the prix fixe menu inspired by the property's art and nature and featuring local and seasonal ingredients from the restaurant's culinary farm. —Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 23 Dec. 2025

Boasting a five-course, prix fixe menu from chef Crepey, the experience will feature a special guest speaker from the Orin Swift team and is $125 per person. —Lennie Omalza, Louisville Courier Journal, 23 Dec. 2025

Affäre Celebrate Christmas in the Crossroads with a German twist at Affäre’s four-course prix fixe menu. —Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 20 Dec. 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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