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cuisson

cooking, baking

noun kwee-SOHN Rare
Food & Drink Cooking

Origin: From Latin coctio, from coquere ('to cook').

Also means

burning sensation

Usage Note

Cuisson refers to the process or duration of cooking, not the activity in general (cuisine covers that broader sense). In recipes, temps de cuisson ('cooking time') and à la cuisson ('during cooking') are standard phrases. A secondary sense is a burning or stinging sensation, as on the skin.

Examples

"La cuisson dure vingt minutes."

Natural Translation

The cooking takes twenty minutes.

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