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In the 1970s we got nouvelle cuisine, in which a lot of the old rules were kicked over. And then we had cuisine minceur, which people mixed up with nouvelle cuisine but was actually fancy diet cooking.
Julia Child

Meaning of "minceur" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF MINCEUR

minceur  [mẽsœʀ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF MINCEUR

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Minceur is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES MINCEUR MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of minceur in the English dictionary

The definition of minceur in the dictionary is low-fat or low-calorie.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE MINCEUR

minatorial
minatorially
minatorily
minatory
minauderie
minaudiere
mince
mince pie
mincemeat
mincer
Minch
Mincha
mincing
mincing machine
mincingly
mincy
mind
mind game
mind games

WORDS THAT END LIKE MINCEUR

affaire d´honneur
affaires d´honneur
amateur
auteur
Bonheur
chauffeur
Coeur
cuisine minceur
douceur
entrepreneur
farceur
grandeur
hauteur
longueur
masseur
monsieur
Pasteur
seigneur
traceur
voyeur

Synonyms and antonyms of minceur in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «minceur» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF MINCEUR

Find out the translation of minceur to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of minceur from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «minceur» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

minceur
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

minceur
570 millions of speakers

English

minceur
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Minceur
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مينسور
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Minceur
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

minceur
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

minceur
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

minceur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Minceur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

minceur
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

minceur
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

minceur
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Minceur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

minceur
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

minceur
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Minceur
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

minceur
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

minceur
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Minceur
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Minceur
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Minceur
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

minceur
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Minceur
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

minceur
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

minceur
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of minceur

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «MINCEUR»

The term «minceur» is quite widely used and occupies the 27.519 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «MINCEUR» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «minceur» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «minceur» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about minceur

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QUOTES WITH «MINCEUR»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word minceur.
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Julia Child
In the 1970s we got nouvelle cuisine, in which a lot of the old rules were kicked over. And then we had cuisine minceur, which people mixed up with nouvelle cuisine but was actually fancy diet cooking.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «MINCEUR»

Discover the use of minceur in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to minceur and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Anglicisms, Neologisms and Dynamic French
Respectively: (13) a. départ [pour arriver à la condition de] minceur > départ minceur b. cuisine [qui a de ... pour arriver à la condition de] minceur > cuisine minceur As a third alternative, these same expressions may be viewed as attempts to ...
Michael D. Picone, 1996
2
New York Magazine
Durable Minceur Cellulite "Relief" Gel... in one application, 24 hours of treatment. With its targeted delivery system, Durable Minceur directs a battery of anti- cellulite specifics and a modern mix of botanicals to problem areas. Its extraordinarily ...
3
Texas Monthly
Brave explorers will find Michel Gue- rard's Cuisine Minceur seminal but frustrating. Cuisine minceur is Guerard's rigorously low-calorie version of nouvelle cuisine; his inventions are truly radical and often superb, and his book describes those ...
4
Texas Monthly
Durable Minceur Cellulite "Relief" Gel- in one application, 24 hours of treatment. With its targeted delivery system, Durable Minceur directs a battery of anti- cellulite specifics and a modern mix of botanicals to problem areas. Its extraordinarily ...
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New York Magazine
Durable Minceur Cellulite "Relief" Gel... in one application, 24 hours of treatment. With its targeted delivery system, Durable Minceur directs a battery of anti- cellulite specifics and a modern mix of botanicals to problem areas. Its extraordinarily ...
6
Corruptions of Empire: Life Studies & the Reagan Era
Guerard's Cuisine Minceur, which crept into Christmas stockings last year just when people were bracing themselves for the Yuletide high-fat blowout, stress the healthful simplicities of nature. Bocuse's crayfish (about forty all told) swim in  ...
Alexander Cockburn, 1988
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New York Magazine
"Cuisine gourmande"; minceur (diet) dishes, by the meal or (soon) on a one- week slimming plan; rustic peasant stews from the "cuisine bourgeoise"; lunch boxes for the office; catering (after Christmas); the master's autographed cookbooks; ...
8
Dietetics in the 90s:
Je pensc surtout a 1'obsession de la minceur. au manque de temps ct a la multiplication d'hypotheses alimentaircs. D'autrcs tendances so- ciales s'ajoutent telles 1'augmentation des repas pris a 1'exterieur du 1'oyer et la frequence plus ...
M. F. Moyal, 1988
9
Cuisine and Culture: A History of Food and People
Nouvelle Cuisine, pared down even more and stripped of fat, resulted in super- lean cuisines like spa cuisine and cuisine minceur (French for “lean cuisine”). Many people thought that cutting out fats was the way to immortality. Nathan Pritikin ...
Linda Civitello, 2007
10
Social Studies: Collected Essays, 1974-2013
In gastronomy, “Nothing is best” has led to the emergence ofwhat is known as the “lean cuisine” or, to give it its proper name, “cuisine minceur.” At one time, “ cuisine minceur” actually performed a useful service. The idea was that it was ...
Jon Peirce, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «MINCEUR»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term minceur is used in the context of the following news items.
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La belle adresse : "L'essentiel" par Élisabeth Nado, ou le meilleur …
Une approche à 360° qui mixe les méthodes autour de trois thématiques : tout d'abord la minceur, avec une technique de massage aux ... «L'Obs, Jul 15»
2
To Arms, French
The unfortunate the advent of “cuisine minceur” – tiny dollops of tasteless glop designed for weight-watching women and overweight mice also ... «Sri Lanka Guardian, Jun 15»
3
Bret Walker SC, citizenship and an Abbott political step that goes too …
It was the height of the cuisine-minceur craze. Max stared at the large plates containing small morsels and exploded: "Jeez, they don't give you ... «The Australian Financial Review, Jun 15»
4
Minceur : 8 délicieuses recettes sans gluten
Le régime sans gluten, c'est ultra tendance. Vite, on laisse tomber les aliments hypercaloriques pour renouer avec une cuisine 100 % saine et ... «Femme Actuelle, Jun 15»
5
Belly Button Challenge: le nouveau défi loufoque qui agite les …
Lancé par de jeunes chinoises, ce défi a pour but de démontrer sa minceur et sa taille fine à la vue de tous. D'après les conclusions de ce ... «France Soir, Jun 15»
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Pour Pierre Dukan, pilule et mariage pour tous « détruisent la famille »
... radié définitivement de l'Ordre des médecins en janvier 2014, Pierre Dukan s'est fait connaître par ses méthodes de coaching minceur et par ... «TÊTU, Jun 15»
7
Les ados obsédés par la minceur mais bien dans leur peau
Plus d'un adolescent sur deux (55%) estime qu'être mince est essentiel et un sur cinq admet même être obsédé par son poids, selon une ... «7sur7, Jun 15»
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The Spas and Surf of France's Basque Country
One of the founders of nouvelle cuisine, Michel Guérard is—at least in France—more famous for cuisine minceur, an unfortunate term for food ... «Condé Nast Traveler, May 15»
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Savoir reconnaître sa satiété pour maigrir durablement
... que l'on obtient l'équilibre nutritionnel propice à la minceur », décode la docteure Paule Nathan, nutritionniste et endocrinologue, auteure du ... «Marie Claire, May 15»
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Rest and recuperation at Provencal pleasure palace
Minceur cuisine, or skinny cooking, is a less heart-attack-inducing relative that celebrates all that is good about French cooking but uses less ... «Irish Times, May 15»

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