| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | cui·sine |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  kw -z n |
| NOUN: | 1. A characteristic manner or style of preparing food: Spanish cuisine. 2. Food; fare. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French, from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *coc na, variant of Latin coquna, kitchen, cookery, from coquere, to cook. See pekw- in Appendix I.
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