hors d'oeuvre en · NOUN
Pronunciation
Etymology
Borrowed from French hors-d'œuvre.
Meanings
- A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal.
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(broadly) Anything preliminary and of secondary concern.
His price was five hundred pounds in English or French gold—an interesting phase of your ordinary blackmailer's antipathy to paper—merely an hors d'oeuvre to the solid things to come, of course.
1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards, →OCLC:
- (dated, rare) Something unusual or extraordinary.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| hors-d'oeuvre | alternative | lexicographic | |
| hors-d'œuvre | alternative | lexicographic | |
| hors d'oeuvres | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| hors d'oeuvre | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| hors d'œuvre | alternative | lexicographic |
Relateds
Synonyms
starter · entrée · apéritif · appetizer · tapa
Translations (61)
cmn 前菜 (appetizer) · bg ордьо́вър (appetizer) · fr hors-d'œuvre (appetizer) · cmn 冷盤 /冷盘 (appetizer) · ru переку́ска (appetizer) · bg мезе́ (appetizer) · uk за́куска (appetizer) · ja オードブル (appetizer) · sv förrätt (appetizer) · ru переку́с (appetizer) · la gustātiō (appetizer) · ja 突き出し (appetizer) · cmn 點心 /点心 (appetizer) · de Hors d’œuvre (appetizer) · cs předkrm (appetizer) · uk заку́ска (appetizer) · mi whakapūwharu (appetizer) · da hors d'oeuvre (appetizer) · el ορεκτικό (appetizer) · ko 애피타이저 (appetizer) · cmn 小吃 (appetizer) · be пераку́ска (appetizer) · fi alkupala (appetizer) · da forret (appetizer) · tl pampagana (appetizer) · pl zakąska (appetizer) · cmn 次要的事情 (anything preliminary and of secondary concern) · fi sivuseikka (anything preliminary and of secondary concern) · mk о́рдевер (appetizer) · ko 전채 (appetizer) · sk predjedlo (appetizer) · ja 前菜 (appetizer) · pl przystawka (appetizer) · uk пере́куска (appetizer) · es aperitivo (appetizer) · fr pipi de chat (anything preliminary and of secondary concern) · pl przystawka (anything preliminary and of secondary concern) · de Vorspeise (appetizer) · bg заку́ска (appetizer) · mi kūmamatanga (appetizer) · cmn 開胃菜 /开胃菜 (appetizer) · ru заку́ска (appetizer) · sk predkrm (appetizer) · nl hors-d'oeuvre (appetizer) · ko 오르되브르 (appetizer) · fr broutille (anything preliminary and of secondary concern) · la prōmulsis (appetizer) · eo antaŭmanĝaĵo (appetizer) · be заку́ска (appetizer) · fr rien (anything preliminary and of secondary concern) · vo büzib (appetizer) · fr gnognotte (anything preliminary and of secondary concern) · hy նախուտեստ (appetizer) · ja つき出し (appetizer) · hu előétel (appetizer) · pt aperitivo (appetizer) · th ออเดิร์ฟ (appetizer) · be пераку́с (appetizer) · bg предя́стие (appetizer) · tr ordövr (appetizer) · ja アペタイザー (appetizer)