Kebecois cuisine

7.5

Traditional foods and dishes from Quebec, Canada that come from French cooking

noun
/kɛbɛkˈwɑː kwɪˈziːn/

Canadian

: cocina quebequesa

Her grandmother is famous for her traditional Kebecois cuisine, especially tourtière and sugar pie.

Examples

Many restaurants in Quebec City offer authentic Kebecois cuisine using local ingredients.
We sampled a variety of Kebecois cuisine during our stay in Montreal.
I love Kebecois cuisine!
Have you tried Kebecois cuisine before?
Many restaurants in Quebec City offer authentic Kebecois cuisine using local ingredients.
Her grandmother is famous for her traditional Kebecois cuisine, especially tourtière and sugar pie.
We sampled a variety of Kebecois cuisine during our stay in Montreal.

Synonyms

cuisine

vsKebecois cuisine

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A style of cooking typical of a country or region

is narrower focusing on one Canadian province and its French heritage

local cuisine

vsKebecois cuisine

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Dishes and cooking styles typical of a place

is tied to one Canadian province and stresses French cultural roots

Surface Forms

Kebecois cuisine singular

Kebecois cuisines plural

Quebecois cuisines plural

Quebecois cuisine singular

Morphology

Kebecois + cuisine

The phrase combines a regional adjective ('Kebecois' = from Quebec/Québécois) with 'cuisine' (cooking style), so its meaning 'the cooking of Quebec' is directly compositional. The pattern 'X cuisine' is cross-linguistically common and follows a straightforward adjective+noun construction that a B1 learner who knows both constituents can readily interpret.

Etymology

The name Kebecois cuisine combines Kebecois, the French word for 'people of Quebec', and cuisine, meaning 'cooking'. Long ago, French settlers used local foods like maple syrup, wild meat and potatoes to make hearty dishes for cold winters, and that's why Kebecois cuisine now means 'the traditional foods and cooking of Quebec'.