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Oven-Cooked-Turkey

/ˈʌvən kʊkt ˈtɜrki/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A turkey that has been prepared and cooked using an oven.

    "For Thanksgiving, we always serve an oven-cooked turkey as the centerpiece of our meal."
  2. 2

    A dish made from turkey that is roasted in an oven, often seasoned and stuffed.

    "The oven-cooked turkey was perfectly golden brown and juicy."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'oven' originates from the Old English 'ofen', which has Germanic roots. 'Cooked' derives from the Latin 'coquere', meaning 'to cook', while 'turkey' comes from the Turkish word 'türk', referring to the bird that was mistakenly associated with the country. The phrase evolved to describe a specific cooking method for this poultry.

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🇫🇷French → English

dinde cuite au four

Transliteration: dind kuh-it oh fohr

"Pour Thanksgiving, nous servons toujours une dinde cuite au four."

🇩🇪German → English

ofen-gebackene Truthahn

Transliteration: ofen-gebackene Truthahn

"Zu Thanksgiving servieren wir immer einen ofen-gebackenen Truthahn."

🇮🇹Italian → English

tacchino cotto al forno

Transliteration: tacchino kotto al forno

"Per il Ringraziamento, serviamo sempre un tacchino cotto al forno."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

pavo cocido al horno

Transliteration: pabo koh-SEE-doh al OR-no

"Para el Día de Acción de Gracias, siempre servimos pavo cocido al horno."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

peru assado no forno

Transliteration: peh-ROO ah-SAH-doo noo FOR-no

"No Dia de Ação de Graças, sempre servimos peru assado no forno."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

ओवन में पका हुआ टर्की

Transliteration: ovan mein paka hua turkey

"थैंक्सगिविंग पर, हम हमेशा ओवन में पका हुआ टर्की परोसते हैं।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

烤火鸡

Transliteration: kǎo huǒ jī

"在感恩节,我们总是提供烤火鸡。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

오븐에 구운 칠면조

Transliteration: obeun-e guun chilmyeonjo

"추수감사절에 우리는 항상 오븐에 구운 칠면조를 제공합니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

オーブンで調理された七面鳥

Transliteration: ōbun de chōri sareta shichimenchō

"感謝祭には、いつもオーブンで調理された七面鳥を出します。"

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