🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

brunoise

Pronunciation / Transliteration: bru-no-iz

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Brunoise/bruː.nwaz/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #15000 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Lo chef ha preparato una brunoise di verdure per il piatto."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A culinary technique involving cutting vegetables into small, uniform cubes, typically 1/8 inch in size.

    "The chef prepared a brunoise of carrots and celery for the soup."
  2. 2

    The resulting small cubes of vegetables after applying the brunoise cutting technique.

    "The dish was garnished with a colorful brunoise of bell peppers."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'brunoise' originates from French, where it means 'diced' or 'finely chopped.' It is derived from the word 'brunir,' which means 'to brown' in French, reflecting the technique's association with preparing vegetables for cooking. The term has been adopted into English culinary vocabulary to describe a specific cutting technique.

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