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A '''main course''' is the featured or primary dish in a [[meal]] consisting of several [[course (food)| | A '''main course''' is the featured or primary dish in a [[meal]] consisting of several [[course (food)|courses]]. It usually follows the [[entrée]] ({{literally|entry}}) course. | ||
==Usage== | ==Usage== | ||
In the United States and Canada | In the United States and some parts of Canada the main course is traditionally called an "'''entrée'''".<ref>{{cite dictionary|url=http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/entree_1|encyclopedia=Cambridge Dictionary|entry=entrée|title=ENTRÉE | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary}}</ref><ref name="etiquette">{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9TL8PFlYRkUC&q=entree+main+course&pg=PA99 | title=Commonsense Etiquette: A Guide to Gracious, Simple Manners for the Twenty-First Century | year=1999 | author=Stewart, Marjabelle Young and Elizabeth Lawrence | publisher=St. Martin's Press | page=99| isbn=9780312242947 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pri.org/stories/2014-09-22/sure-you-are-what-you-eatbut-youre-also-how-you-translate-menu|title=You are what you eat — and how you translate the menu|date=22 September 2014 |access-date=12 September 2017}}</ref> The modern French use of the term entrée refers to a [[Entrée|dish served before the main course]]. | ||
According to linguist [[Dan Jurafsky]], North American usage ("entrée") comes from the original French meaning of the first of many meat courses.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Porzucki |first=Nina |date=22 September 2014 |title=You are what you eat—and how you translate the menu |url=https://theworld.org/stories/2014-09-22/sure-you-are-what-you-eatbut-youre-also-how-you-translate-menu |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513033144/https://theworld.org/stories/2014-09-22/sure-you-are-what-you-eatbut-youre-also-how-you-translate-menu |archive-date=13 May 2023 |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=The World from PRX |language=en}}</ref> | According to linguist [[Dan Jurafsky]], North American usage ("entrée") comes from the original French meaning of the first of many meat courses.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Porzucki |first=Nina |date=22 September 2014 |title=You are what you eat—and how you translate the menu |url=https://theworld.org/stories/2014-09-22/sure-you-are-what-you-eatbut-youre-also-how-you-translate-menu |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230513033144/https://theworld.org/stories/2014-09-22/sure-you-are-what-you-eatbut-youre-also-how-you-translate-menu |archive-date=13 May 2023 |access-date=2024-03-11 |website=The World from PRX |language=en}}</ref> | ||
However, the first written use of the term 'entree' was in Petit traicté, which was published by Pierre Sargent in Paris between 1534 and 1536. In this book, the first course of the whole meal was named 'entree de table'. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
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A main course is the featured or primary dish in a meal consisting of several courses. It usually follows the entrée (Template:Literally) course.
Usage
In the United States and some parts of Canada the main course is traditionally called an "entrée".[1][2][3] The modern French use of the term entrée refers to a dish served before the main course.
According to linguist Dan Jurafsky, North American usage ("entrée") comes from the original French meaning of the first of many meat courses.[4] However, the first written use of the term 'entree' was in Petit traicté, which was published by Pierre Sargent in Paris between 1534 and 1536. In this book, the first course of the whole meal was named 'entree de table'.
See also
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