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mirepoix¹

  • /mɪə(ɹ)ˈpwɑː/
  • /mɪəɹəˈpwɑː/

Rhymes with -ɑː

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French mirepoix, named after Gaston de Lévis, duc de Mirepoix (1699–1757).

noun mirepoix · mirepoixs

  1. countable, uncountable A combination of diced onions, carrots, celery and herbs sautéed in oil or butter as used in French cooking. The Mirepoix is from this moment complete.

    Similar: soffritto

  2. countable, figuratively, uncountable A mixture. To this mirepoix of contradictory news, add another Pew survey from earlier this month, which found that 54 percent of respondents said they believe that Americans are seeking out more-healthy food than they did 20 years ago—even though they are eating less healthfully than they did in that same tim

Mirepoix²

Where it comes from

From French Mirepoix.

proper noun

  1. A city in Ariège department, France.

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noun combination of vegetables and herbs

Españolbresa
Françaismirepoix
DeutschMirepoix
Italianosoffritto

name a city in Ariège, France

FrançaisMirepoix

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MLA

"mirepoix." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/mirepoix. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

mirepoix. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/mirepoix

Chicago

"mirepoix." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/mirepoix.

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@misc{mirepoix_2026,
  title = {mirepoix},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/mirepoix},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}