chinois

See also: Chinois

English

A chinois

Alternative forms

• chinoise

Etymology

Borrowed from French chinois. Doublet of Chinese.

Noun

chinois (plural chinoises)

1. (cooking) A fine-meshed conical strainer.
   • 2007 February 21, “Recipe: Maple Crema”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     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 (ca) m, colador xinés m

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 漏勺 (zh) (lòusháo)

• French: chinois (fr) m
• Japanese: シノワ (shinowa)
• Spanish: chino (es) m, colador chino m

See also

• Chinoise on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

From Chine (“China”) +‎ -ois (“-ese”). Sense 3 of the noun comes from the strainer's resemblance to a traditional Asian conical hat.

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA^(key): /ʃi.nwa/

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Noun

chinois m (uncountable)

1. Chinese (language)
2. Greek (something difficult to understand)
4. (cooking) a chinois, fine-meshed strainer

Derived terms

• c'est du chinois
• chinois simplifié
• chinois traditionnel

Adjective

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

1. (relational) of China; Chinese

Derived terms

• badiane chinoise
• biscuit chinois
• caractère chinois
• champignon chinois
• chou chinois
• macaroni chinois
• pâté chinois
• ravioli chinois
• saucisse chinoise

Further reading

• “chinois”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• chiions