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crudités

UK/ˈkɹuːdɪteɪ/US/ˈkɹuːdɪteɪz/

crudités noun: raw vegetables often served as an appetizer before a main dish; sometimes including fruits. Also the plural of crudité.

crudités: raw vegetables often served as an appetizer before a main dish; sometimes including fruits
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Noun

crudités pl (normally plural, singular crudité)

  1. (plural, plural-normally) Raw vegetables often served as an appetizer before a main dish; sometimes including fruits.

Also used as

crudités is also the plural of crudité.

Forms of crudités

singularcrudité
alternative formcrudites
alternative formcruditees

Origin of crudités

Borrowed from French crudités.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Questions about crudités

What does crudités mean?
Crudités means raw vegetables often served as an appetizer before a main dish; sometimes including fruits.
What part of speech is crudités?
Crudités is a noun.
How do you pronounce crudités?
Crudités is pronounced /ˈkɹuːdɪteɪz/ (US).

Words near crudités in the dictionary

  1. crudite
  2. crudites
  3. crudities
  4. crudity
  5. crudité
  6. crudités
  7. crudle
  8. crudled
  9. crudles
  10. crudling
  11. crudload

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