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julienne

/ˌdʒuːliˈɛn/

julienne noun: a garnish of vegetables cut into long, thin strips.

julienne: a garnish of vegetables cut into long, thin strips
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Noun

julienne (plural juliennes)

  1. A garnish of vegetables cut into long, thin strips.
    • I compose a Julienne of carrots, leeks, turnips, sorrel, French beans, celery, green peas, &c. These I prepare in the ordinary way, which consists in cutting the carrots, turnips, leeks, French beans and celery into small pieces, either round or long.1812, M. Appert, anonymous translator, The Art of Preserving All Kinds of Animal and Vegetable Substances, translation of original in French
    Synonyms:
    allumette

Verb

julienne (third-person singular simple present juliennes, present participle julienning, simple past and past participle julienned)

  1. (transitive) To prepare by cutting in this way.

julienne meaning in Tamil

julienne in Tamil

காய்கறி அரியும்

Synonyms of julienne

Forms of julienne

Noun
pluraljuliennes
Verb
third-person singular presentjuliennes
present participlejulienning
past participlejulienned
pastjulienned

Origin of julienne

From French julienne (1722), from given name Jules or Julien, presumably from an otherwise unknown chef of that name. Originally used in potage julienne (“Julienne potage, soup in the manner of Jules/Julien”), meaning “soup made from thin slices”; this sense is now known as chiffonade.

Words formed from julienne

Questions about julienne

What does julienne mean?
Julienne means a garnish of vegetables cut into long, thin strips.
What is julienne in Tamil?
Julienne in Tamil is காய்கறி அரியும். See Julienne meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is julienne?
Julienne can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce julienne?
Julienne is pronounced /ˌdʒuːliˈɛn/.
What is the plural of julienne?
The plural of julienne is juliennes.

Words near julienne in the dictionary

  1. julidans
  2. julids
  3. Julie
  4. Julien
  5. julienite
  6. julienne
  7. julienne fries
  8. julienned
  9. juliennes
  10. julienning
  11. Julies

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: julienne (page history and authors); julienne (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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