prix fixe

noun

: a complete meal offered at a fixed price
also : the price charged

Examples of prix fixe in a Sentence

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Today Près des Prés serves French cuisine with a prix fixe menu that Chef Abigail Duck changes monthly. Brennan Long, Southern Living, 11 July 2025 On May 5, from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., the restaurants will offer a four-course French-Mex prix fixe menu. Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 Numerous Nashville restaurants offer Easter brunch specials, including prix fixe menus, buffets, and à la carte options. Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025 Here are some restaurants around Greater Cincinnati offering prix fixe menus, specials and brunch buffets. Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025 See All Example Sentences for prix fixe

Word History

Etymology

French, fixed price

First Known Use

1851, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of prix fixe was in 1851

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“Prix fixe.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/prix%20fixe. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.

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