culinary

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈkʌlɪˌnɛɹi/, /ˈkjulɪˌnɛɹi/

Etymology

Latin culina: kitchen. Old English, cyln: cooking. The first written appearance of culinary was in 1638, suggested to be reintroduced from classical Latin by 16th century humanists.

Adjective

culinary (comparative more culinary, superlative most culinary)

1. Relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking.

   Her culinary skills were excellent.

2. Of, or relating to a kitchen

Translations

relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking

Afrikaans: culinaire (af) Arabic: مطبخي (ar) (maTbakhiy) Chinese: Mandarin: 烹飪 (zh), 烹饪 (zh) (pēngrèn), 烹調 (zh), 烹调 (zh) (pēngtiáo) Czech: kuchařský (cs) m., kulinářský (cs) m., kuchyňský (cs) m. Danish: kulinarisk (da) Dutch: culinair (nl) Finnish: kulinaarinen (fi) French: culinaire (fr) m. and f.

German: kulinarisch (de) Greek: μαγειρικός (el) (mageirikós) m., εδεσματολογικός (el) (edesmatologikós) m. Icelandic: matreiðslu (is) Japanese: 料理の (ja) (りょうりの, ryōri-no) Norwegian: kulinariske (no) Portuguese: culinária (pt) f. Russian: кулинарный (ru) (kulinárnyj), (e.g. of cookbooks) поваренный (ru) (povárennyj) Thai: สูทศาสตร์ (th) (sòot-sàat)

Derived terms

• culinarily

See also

• cook
• kiln
• recipe

External links

• Wikipedia article on food.

References

• Krueger, Dennis (December 1982). "Why On Earth Do They Call It Throwing?" Studio Potter Vol. 11, Number 1.[1]