cook

• Nom désignant une personne dont le métier ou l'activité est de préparer les aliments, généralement par cuisson, pour les repas.

A noun referring to a person who prepares food for eating, typically by applying heat.

1. A1formal

   A person who prepares food for eating, especially as a job or profession.

   cuisinier

   • The cook prepared a delicious three-course meal.
   • She works as a cook in a busy restaurant.
   • The head cook trained the new staff.

   Synonymeschef

2. Person who cooks at homeA1informal

   A person who regularly prepares meals in a domestic setting.

   personne qui cuisine à la maison

   • My mother is an excellent cook.
   • He is a terrible cook; he can barely boil water.
   • She's a creative cook who experiments with spices.

• Verbe utilisé pour désigner l'action de préparer des aliments par la chaleur, ou pour modifier ou falsifier des informations ou des comptes.

A verb used to indicate the act of preparing food by applying heat, or to alter or falsify information or accounts.

1. Prepare food with heatA1formalculinary

   To prepare food by applying heat, such as boiling, baking, frying, or roasting.

   cuire (des aliments)

   • She cooked a delicious meal for her family.
   • He learned to cook Italian dishes from his grandmother.
   • The chicken needs to cook for at least an hour.

   Synonymescook upfixmakeprepare

2. Manipulate or falsifyB2informal

   To alter or falsify information, accounts, or data dishonestly.

   Falsifier, maquiller

   • The accountant was caught cooking the books.
   • They cooked the results to make the experiment look successful.
   • He was accused of cooking the evidence.

   Synonymesalterdoctorfalsifyfixfudgemanipulatemisrepresentrig

Variantes phrasalcook outcook up