Crudités

{{Short description|French appetizer consisting of raw vegetables}}

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| name = Crudités

| image = Veggie platter.jpg

| caption = Various crudités served at a cocktail party

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| country = France

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| course = Hors d'oeuvre

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| main_ingredient = Raw vegetables, vinaigrette or dipping sauce

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Crudités ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|k|ɹ|uː|d|ɪ|t|eɪ|(|z|)}}, {{IPA|fr|kʁydite|lang}}) are French appetizers consisting of sliced or whole raw vegetables{{cite web|author=Jessica |url=http://www.frenchvegetables.com/what-are-the-crudites/ |title=What Are The Crudités? |publisher=Frenchvegetables.com |date=2012-12-05 |accessdate=2013-04-04 |archivedate=2013-01-23 |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130123234120/http://www.frenchvegetables.com/what-are-the-crudites/ |url-status=usurped }} which are typically dipped in a vinaigrette or other dipping sauce. Examples of crudités include celery sticks, carrot sticks, cucumber sticks, bell pepper strips, broccoli, cauliflower, radish, fennel, baby corn, and asparagus spears.

Crudités means "raw things", from Middle French crudité (14c.), from Latin cruditatem (nominative cruditas), from crudus "rough; not cooked, raw, bloody".{{cite web|title=Crudites|url=https://www.etymonline.com/|website=Online Etymology Dictionary}} The term was first used in English {{circa|1960.}}{{cite web |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crudit%C3%A9s |work=Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary |access-date=August 19, 2022 |title=Crudités }}