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English
Noun
hors-d'œuvre (plural hors-d'œuvre or hors-d'œuvres)
- Alternative spelling of hors d'oeuvre
French
Pronunciation
Noun
hors-d’œuvre m (plural hors-d’œuvre)
- (cooking) appetizer, starter, hors d'oeuvre (small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal)
- (architecture) extension, appurtenance (room of a building that is not part of the main structure)
- (literature) digression (act of straying from the main subject that could be removed from the text without detriment to the main plot)
- (figurative) addendum, extraneity, superfluity, accessory, hors-d'oeuvre (something additional or secondary to the main thing)
Adjective
hors-d’œuvre (invariable)
- (architecture) stand-alone (standing apart from the main body of a building)
- (literature) off-topic, digressive (not relating directly to the subject at hand)
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