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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Choices from its prix fixe menu include savory olive bread pudding with mushrooms and leeks, Maryland soft-shell crabs wrapped in phyllo dough and bourbon-cacao cake. Jane Godiner, Baltimore Sun, 29 Apr. 2026 The restaurant is serving a prix fixe three-course meal where customers can choose from 11 items. Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2026 Make a reservation for the five-course, prix fixe menu for a special experience. Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2026 The event, by The San Francisco Peninsula, the region’s official convention and visitors’ bureau, will bring prix fixe lunch and dinners to restaurants around the Peninsula. Kate Bradshaw, Mercury News, 13 Apr. 2026 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 2 May. 2026.

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