Culinary: meaning, pronunciation and examples
Culinary adjective. To do with cooking or the kitchen.
How to say it
KUL-ih-nuh-ree/ˈkʌlɪn(ə)ri/ · American /ˈkʌləˌnɛri/
4 syllables, stressed on the first (KUL).
Culinary in a sentence
His culinary skills begin and end with cheese on toast.
Lyon likes to call itself the culinary capital of France.
Similar and opposite
Similar:
- cooking
- kitchen
- gastronomic
Where culinary comes from
From Latin culinarius, from culina, kitchen.
Test yourself
Which word fills the gap?
Lyon likes to call itself the _____ capital of France.
- abstemious
- culinary
- piquant
Show the answer
culinary: Lyon likes to call itself the culinary capital of France.