virtuve

From virt (“to boil[intr.]”) +‎ -uve (“place”). A neologism, following Lithuanian virtùvė, proposed by by Juris Alunāns in the mid-19th century. It became accepted in the literary language in the 1920s.^[1]

virtuve f (5th declension)

1. kitchen (a room used for preparing food)

   plaša virtuve ― large kitchen

   virtuves galds ― kitchen table

   virtuves piederumi ― kitchen utensils

   virtuves nazis ― kitchen knife

   virtuves iekārta ― kitchen equipment, furniture

2. cuisine (food or cooking style, usually typical of a certain place or lifestyle)

   angļu, franču, ķīniešu virtuve ― English, French, Chinese cuisine

   veģetārā virtuve ― vegetarian cuisine