An appetizer served before a meal.
[French hors d'œuvre : hors, outside + de, of + œuvre, (the main) work.]
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[French hors d'œuvre : hors, outside + de, of + œuvre, (the main) work.]
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(ohr DERV)
noun
An extra little dish outside of and smaller than the main course, usually served first.
Etymology
From French hors (outside of), oeuvre (job or work)
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Small savoury dishes served as an appetizer either as the first course of a meal or before the meal with cocktails or an aperitif. It is French for ‘outside the main work’ of the meal. The Spanish equivalent is tapas.
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[or DERV] Small savory appetizers served before the meal, customarily with apéritifs or cocktails. They are usually one- or two-bite size and can be cold or hot. Hors d'oeuvre may be in the form of a fancy canapé or as simple as a selection of crudités. The word "hors d'oeuvre" is properly used for both the singular and plural forms. The reason is that the term translates literally as (dishes) "outside the work (meal)" and no matter how many dishes there are, there is only one "work." In today's modern parlance, however, the plural is often spoken and written as hors d'oeuvres.
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Svenska (Swedish)
(┴:(r)) - hors d'oeuvre
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
不必, ...之外
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中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
不必, ...之外
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עברית (Hebrew)
hors d'oeuvre - מתאבן (מנה קטנה לפני הארוחה או בין מנות)
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