cuisinier

French cuisinier

cuisinier (plural cuisiniers)

1. (dated) A cook or chef, especially in French contexts.
   • 1859, Thomas William J. Connolly, The Romance of the Ranks:

     The servants, though much amused at my appearance, pitied me, while the cuisinier, doing his best to soothe me, made clear the reason of the disturbance.

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *coquīnārium, or a later formation corresponding to cuisine +‎ -ier.

• IPA^(key): /kɥi.zi.nje/

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cuisinier m (plural cuisiniers, feminine cuisinière)

1. cook; chef (someone who cooks)

   Synonyms: (rare) coq, (slang) cuistot, (obsolete) queux

   Hyponym: chef

   Mon père est un bon cuisinier. ― My father is a good cook.

• → English: cuisinier

• “cuisinier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.