hor d'oeuvreとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From French hors d'œuvre

発音

• (RP) IPA: /ɔəˈdɜːv/ SAMPA: /O@"d3:v/

• (米国発音) IPA: /ɔrˈdɝv/ SAMPA: /Or"d3`v/

名詞

hors d'oeuvre (複数形 hors d'oeuvres)

1. A small, light, and usually savory first course in a meal.
2. (by extension) Anything of secondary concern; not the primary one.

引用

• 1920 — G. K. Chesterton, The New Jerusalem, Ch. XIII

  It seems quaintest of all when, at some Jewish luncheon parties, a tray of hats is actually handed round, and each guest helps himself to a hat as a sort of hors d'oeuvre.

• 1925 — F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, Ch. 3

  On buffet tables, garnished with glistening hors-d’oeuvre, spiced baked hams crowded against salads of harlequin designs and pastry pigs and turkeys bewitched to a dark gold.

参考

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