charcuterie

Borrowed from French charcuterie.

• IPA^(key): /ʃɑːɹˌkuːtəˈɹi/, /ʃɑːɹˈkuːtəɹi/

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charcuterie (countable and uncountable, plural charcuteries)

1. (uncountable) The practice of cooking and preparing ready-to-eat meat products, especially pork.
2. (uncountable) Cured meat that is ready to be eaten, especially pork.
3. (countable) A shop or part of a shop specialising in cured meat.

Compound of Old French char ("flesh", Modern French chair) + cuit (“cooked”) + -erie (suffix denoting a shop or vendor).

• IPA^(key): /ʃaʁ.ky.tʁi/

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charcuterie f (plural charcuteries)

1. charcuterie (all senses)

• “charcuterie” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• charcutière