chinois

See also: Chinois

English

A chinois

Alternative forms

chinoise

Etymology

Borrowed from French chinois

Noun

chinois (plural chinoises)

(cooking) A fine-meshed conical strainer
- 2007, February 21, Recipe: Maple Crema‎:
  Strain through a chinois or fine-meshed sieve to remove any lumps of yolk.

Coordinate terms

food mill
tamis

Translations

fine-meshed conical strainer

Catalan: xinès (ca) m, colador xinès m
Valencian: xinés m, colador xinés m
French: chinois (fr) m

Japanese: シノワ (shinowa)
Spanish: chino (es) m, colador chino m

See also

Chinoise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Chine (“China”) +‎ -ois (“-ese”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃi.nwa/
audio (file)

Noun

chinois m (uncountable)

Chinese (language)
Greek (something difficult to understand)

Adjective

chinois (feminine singular chinoise, masculine plural chinois, feminine plural chinoises)

Chinese (relating to China)

Further reading

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

Anagrams

chiions

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