Hors D’oeuvre

Appears in
Craig Claiborne’s Kitchen Primer

By Craig Claiborne

Published 1969

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Hors d’oeuvre. A French term meaning appetizer. In English the plural of the word is almost always spelled “hors d’oeuvres,” that is to say with an “s” at the end. Properly speaking, however, the plural is “hors d’oeuvre” without the final “s” in French.