different between cooking vs chasseur

English

Etymology

From cook +? -ing. The noun and adjective follow from the verb.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA^(key): /?k?.k??/
• Rhymes: -?k??

Noun

cooking (countable and uncountable, plural cookings)

1. (uncountable) The process of preparing food by using heat.
2. (countable, rare) An instance of preparing food by using heat.
3. The result of preparing food by using heat.
   1. (uncountable) One's ability to prepare food; cookery.

      My cooking isn't very good. I don't have any idea how to prepare a good meal.

      I missed my mum's cooking while I was at university.
   2. (uncountable) The style or genre of food preparation.

      What you've produced is a perfect example of authentic Chinese cooking.

Synonyms

• (skill or style of food preparation): See culinary art

Derived terms

• cooking oil

Translations

Adjective

cooking (not comparable)

1. (informal) In progress, happening.

   The project took a few days to gain momentum, but by the end of the week, things were really cooking.

Verb

cooking

1. present participle of cook

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French chasseur. Doublet of chaser.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?æ?s??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æ?s?/

Noun

chasseur (plural chasseurs)

1. A soldier equipped for rapid movement; also, any of several light infantry regiments, especially in France.
2. A servant or attendant.
3. A hotel messenger, especially in France.
   • 1936, Djuna Barnes, Nightwood, Faber & Faber 2007, p. 30:

     The chasseur of the Hôtel Récamier (whom he knew far too well) was approaching them at a run.

4. A hunter or huntsman.
5. (cooking) A dish of meat cooked in a sauce containing mushrooms, shallots and white wine.

   Synonym: cacciatore

   • 1987, Herb Baus, Best restaurants, Orange County (page 71)

     From France, Greeley checks in with rabbit chausseurs made with red wine, shallots, tomatoes, and rosemary; […]

French

Etymology

chasser +? -eur; found in Old French as chaceür, chaceor. Compare Italian cacciatore, Spanish cazador.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.sœ?/

Noun

chasseur m (plural chasseurs, feminine chasseuse or chasseresse)

1. a hunter

2. a fighter plane
3. a servant or attendant
4. a la façon chasseur, a style of cooking in which meat is cooked with a sauce containing mushrooms, shallots and white wine

Derived terms

• ballon-chasseur
• chasseur-cueilleur
• chasseur de primes
• chasseur de têtes

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• chausser
• ruchasse