Today we’ll look at the feminine noun la cuisine, which translates to “kitchen”, “cooking”, “food. Cuisiner is also a verb, meaning “to cook”.
la cuisine
cooking, food, kitchen
Word origin
The modern French word cuisine comes from cŏcīna (cooking, art of cookery, kitchen) in Latin.
Pronunciation
The pronunciation of cuisine is [kɥizin] or kwee-zeen.
Example sentences
Où est Sylvie ? – Elle est dans la cuisine.
Where is sylvie? She’s in the kitchen.
This second example sentence uses the regular ER verb cuisiner (to cook).
Qu’est-ce qu’elle est en train de faire ? Elle cuisine pour toute la famille.
What is she doing? She’s cooking for the entire family.
When refering to the food of a pays (country) or region, you must use the word la cuisine and not la nourriture, which also means food. In this context, cuisine is a word the English borrowed from French.
Préférez-vous la cuisine française ou la cuisine italienne ?
Do you prefer French or Italian food?
Related lessons
- En train de – to be doing
- Rooms in the house
- Manger (to eat) conjugation tables
- Ordering meals in a restaurant
- Food vocabulary
- Cuisiner (to cook) – conjugation tables
- Kitchen vocabulary
References
Word of the Day Lessons | Lessons by David Issokson
