🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

ricucinare

Pronunciation / Transliteration: rikutʃiˈnaːre

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Recook/ˌriːˈkʊk/
verbCEFR B1 (Intermediate)Top #15000 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Devo ricucinare i resti per cena."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As verb
  1. 1

    To cook something again, typically to reheat it or to prepare it anew.

    "After the leftovers sat in the fridge for a few days, I decided to recook them for dinner."
  2. 2

    To prepare a dish again, often to improve its taste or presentation.

    "The chef had to recook the dish after receiving feedback from the customers."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The word 'recook' is formed by the prefix 're-' meaning 'again' and the verb 'cook', which comes from the Latin 'coquere', meaning 'to cook'. The term has evolved in English to denote the act of cooking something again, often to reheat or prepare it anew.

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