hors d'oeuvre

See also: hors-d'oeuvre and hors-d'œuvre

English

Alternative forms

hors-d'oeuvre

Etymology

Borrowed from French hors-d'œuvre.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɔəˈdɜːv/, /ɔəˈdɜːvɹə/
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(US) IPA^(key): /ɔɹˈdɝv/, /ɔɹˈdʊv/
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Noun

hors d'oeuvre (plural hors d'oeuvres)

(food) A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal.
(by extension) Anything of secondary concern; not the primary thing.
(dated, rare) Something unusual or extraordinary.

Quotations

1920, G. K. Chesterton, The New Jerusalem, Ch. XIII
It seems quaintest of all when, at some Jewish luncheon parties, a tray of hats is actually handed round, and each guest helps himself to a hat as a sort of hors d'oeuvre.
1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald, chapter III, in The Great Gatsby, New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, OCLC 884653065; republished New York, N.Y.: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1953, →ISBN:

On buffet tables, garnished with glistening hors-d’oeuvre, spiced baked hams crowded against salads of harlequin designs and pastry pigs and turkeys bewitched to a dark gold.

Synonyms

(food):

Translations

appetizer

Armenian: նախուտեստ (hy) (naxutest)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 前菜 (zh) (qiáncài), 小吃 (zh) (xiǎochī), 點心 (zh), 点心 (zh) (diǎnxin), 冷盤 (zh), 冷盘 (zh) (lěngpán), 開胃菜 (zh), 开胃菜 (zh) (kāiwèicài)
Danish: forret (da) c
Dutch: hors-d'oeuvre (nl) m
Finnish: alkupala (fi)
French: hors-d'œuvre (fr) m, hors d'œuvre (fr) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Hors d’œuvre n, Vorspeise (de) f
Greek: ορεκτικό (el) n (orektikó)
Japanese: オードブル (ōdoburu), つき出し (つきだし, tsukidashi), 突き出し (つきだし, tsukidashi), 前菜 (ぜんさい, zensai)
Korean: 오르되브르 (oreudoebeureu), 전채 (jeonchae)

Latin: gustatio f
Macedonian: ордеве́р m (ordevér)
Maori: kūmamatanga, whakapūwharu
Polish: zakąska (pl) f, przystawka (pl) f
Portuguese: aperitivo (pt) m
Russian: заку́ска (ru) f (zakúska)
Spanish: aperitivo (es) m
Swedish: förrätt (sv) c
Tagalog: pamutat
Thai: ออเดิร์ฟ (ɔɔ-də́əp)
Volapük: büzib (vo)

anything of secondary concern

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Danish: please add this translation if you can

Finnish: sivuseikka
French: please add this translation if you can
Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

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Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} forréttur m, ^{(please verify)} smáréttur m

French

Etymology

Literally, "apart from the work", in other words, "apart from the main meal"

Noun

hors d'oeuvre m (plural hors d'oeuvre)

Nonstandard spelling of hors d'œuvre.

Usage notes

The œ ligature is often replaced in contemporary French with oe (the œ character does not appear on AZERTY keyboards), but this is nonstandard.

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