# culinary

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈkʌlɪn(ə)ɹi/ · frequency rank #13,695

## Definitions
1. Relating to the practice of cookery or the activity of cooking.
2. Of or relating to a kitchen.

## Etymology
Borrowed from French culinaire, itself a borrowing from Latin culīnārius, from culīna (“kitchen”).

## Common misspellings (12)
`cculinary`, `cluinary`, `cuilnary`, `culianry`, `culinarry`, `culinaryy`, `culinayr`, `culinnary`, `culinray`, `cullinary`, `culniary`, `uclinary`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/culinary