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

• cookery
• 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

Check out El Siboney for its authentic Cuban cuisine in a casual setting. —Tanya Benedicto Klich, Forbes.com, 15 June 2025

On 5th Avenue, where restaurants serve a wide variety of Latin American cuisines, residents fill the streets and the neighborhood’s leafy namesake park perched above. —Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 14 June 2025

Visitors can expect cooking classes, live music, lots of garlicky cuisine—including the event's iconic garlic ice cream—and more. —Chelsee Lowe, Travel + Leisure, 13 June 2025

Each dish also pays homage to the chefs and cuisines that have shaped her cooking. —Caroline Framke, Vulture, 13 June 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