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Translation

to cook

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Word origin

Borrowed from French cuire, to cook, from Latin coquere. The same Latin verb sits behind English kitchen and cuisine. The place you do it is the kuirejo, with the place suffix -ej.

Origin
French
Root
coquere
English cognates
cuisine, kitchen

Examples

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My father is cooking this evening.

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She learnt to cook from her mother.

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I cooked eggs for the children.

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Word family

Words built on kuiri with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.

  • cookery, the culinary art

    kuiriarto

  • kuirejonoun

    kitchen

    kuiri-ej-: a place for cooking

    The meaning has moved on from the parts: learn it as a word.

  • cook (person), chef

    kuiri-ist-

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This word is taught in chapter 12, lesson 6: kuiri, televido, parko and 6 more words.