Cuisiniers

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A culinary professional who prepares and cooks food in a kitchen
2. an individual skilled in the art of food preparation and presentation
3. a chef responsible for creating and overseeing meal production in a restaurant or similar establishment

Etymology: "Cuisiniers" is the plural of "cuisinier," the French word for a cook, borrowed into English directly from French. It is the form you would use when referring to several cooks at once, typically in a French-language or culinary context. The root sits in the French noun "cuisine," meaning kitchen or cooking, which goes back through Latin "coquina" (a kitchen), from "coquere" (to cook). The French suffix "-ier" marks a person who carries out a trade, so "cuisinier" is literally a person working in the cuisine.