décuire
French, verb/de.kɥiʁ/
décuire is spelled D-É-C-U-I-R-E (7 letters). Décuire is a French verb meaning “to lower the cooking temperature of sugar syrup or jam by stirring in cold water gradually, until it is the correct consistency” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Corriger l’excès ou l’insuffisance de la cuisson”.
What does décuire mean in English?
verb
- 1
to lower the cooking temperature of sugar syrup or jam by stirring in cold water gradually, until it is the correct consistency
- 2
rareto unboil, to uncook
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Corriger l’excès ou l’insuffisance de la cuisson. 2. Inverser les effets de la cuisson d’un aliment.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of décuire
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- décuisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- décuit participle past
- décuis first-person indicative present
- décuisons first-person indicative plural
- décuisez indicative plural present
- décuisent indicative plural present
- décuisais first-person imperfect indicative
- décuisait imperfect indicative singular
- décuisions first-person imperfect indicative
- décuisiez imperfect indicative plural
- décuisaient imperfect indicative plural
- décuisis first-person historic indicative
- décuisit historic indicative past
- décuisîmes first-person historic indicative
- décuisîtes historic indicative past
- décuisirent historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce décuire?
- /de.kɥiʁ/
- \de.kɥiʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.