prédécouper

Senses

1. 1.

   to pre-cut

   to cut beforehand or in advance

Examples

• "Les fruits sont prédécoupés pour vous faire gagner du temps."

  The fruits are pre-cut to save you time.

• "On a prédécoupé la viande avant de la congeler."

  The meat was pre-cut before freezing.

• "Cette viande prédécoupée est plus chère mais plus pratique."

  This pre-cut meat is more expensive but more convenient.

Usage

Common in food retail and food industry contexts. The past participle 'prédécoupé(e)' is frequently used as an adjective to describe pre-cut products. Standard register.