"chinois" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: chinoises [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from French chinois. Doublet of Chinese. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|chinois}} French chinois, {{doublet|en|Chinese}} Doublet of Chinese Head templates: {{en-noun}} chinois (plural chinoises)
  1. (cooking) A fine-meshed conical strainer. Wikipedia link: en:chinois Categories (topical): Cooking Synonyms: chinoise Coordinate_terms: food mill, tamis Translations (fine-meshed conical strainer): xinès [masculine] (Catalan), colador xinès [masculine] (Catalan), xinés [Valencian, masculine] (Catalan), colador xinés [Valencian, masculine] (Catalan), chinois [masculine] (French), シノワ (shinowa) (Japanese), chino [masculine] (Spanish), colador chino [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-chinois-en-noun--M9T69Gl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Japanese terms with redundant script codes Topics: cooking, food, lifestyle

Inflected forms

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