cooking show

English

Etymology

cooking + show

Noun

cooking show (plural cooking shows)

  1. A television genre that presents food preparation in a kitchen, restaurant or studio set.
  2. (idiomatic, derogatory) A contest that is perceived to be rigged in favor of a certain participant or group of participants.

Hypernyms

Descendants

  • Spanish: show cooking, cooking show

Translations

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English cooking show.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌkukin ˈʃou/ [ˌku.kĩnʲ ˈʃou̯]

Noun

cooking show m (plural cooking shows)

  1. an event consisting of a chef preparing food in public
    Synonym: show cooking

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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