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cooking

/ˈkʊkɪŋ/

cooking down

cooking out

cooking over

cooking through

cooking up

cookingnoun

Translations

cuisine

She has a passion for cooking and often experiments with new recipes.

Elle est passionnée de cuisine et expérimente souvent de nouvelles recettes.

Additional translations

plats cuisinés

Definitions

The practice or skill of preparing food by combining, mixing, and heating ingredients.

She has a passion for cooking and often experiments with new recipes.

Food that has been cooked; prepared dishes.

Her grandmother's cooking always filled the house with wonderful aromas.

A particular style or method of preparing food.

Mediterranean cooking emphasises fresh vegetables and olive oil.

Synonyms

meal preparation

cuisine

preparation

culinary arts

food preparation

cookingadjective

/ˈkʊkɪŋ/

Used attributively to describe food or ingredients intended for or suitable for cooking (e.g., "cooking apples").

Translations

à cuireSe dit surtout des fruits destinés à la cuisson.

These are cooking apples rather than eating apples.

Ce sont des pommes à cuire plutôt que des pommes à croquer.

Definitions

Suitable for or used in cooking.

These are cooking apples rather than eating apples.

cookverb

cooking

Gerund

cooked

Past Simple

cooked

Past Participle

cooking

Gerund

/kʊk/

Translations

cuire

The stew is cooking on the stove.

Le ragoût cuit sur la cuisinière.

cuisiner

She decided to cook a delicious meal for her family.

Elle a décidé de cuisiner un délicieux repas pour sa famille.

truquerLangage courant ; surtout pour des comptes, des résultats ou des données.

The accountant was caught trying to cook the books.

Le comptable a été pris en train de truquer les comptes.

Additional translations

bien marcherFamilier ; s'emploie pour un fonctionnement ou un déroulement très réussi.

faire cuireSens littéral : préparer un aliment par chauffage.

Definitions

To prepare food by heating it.

She decided to cook a delicious meal for her family.

To falsify or manipulate data or records.

The accountant was caught trying to cook the books.

To be in the process of being prepared by heating.

The stew is cooking on the stove.

Informal, intransitive: to function or proceed very well; to be lively, exciting, or efficient.

The band was really cooking by the second set.

Synonyms

cooknoun

Definitions

A person who prepares and cooks food, especially as a job or in a specified way.

The cook at the restaurant is known for his delicious pasta dishes.

cookproper noun

Definitions

An English-language surname, most famously borne by the British navigator and cartographer Captain James Cook (1728–1779).

Cook completed three voyages to the Pacific Ocean.