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foie

foie is the ellipsis of foie gras.

Meaning of foie gras

Noun

foie gras (countable and uncountable, plural foies gras)

  1. The fattened liver of geese or ducks, used for gourmet cooking.
    • Foies Gras are now sold in cans in every large grocery establishment in the United States.[…]Bake this paste, and then fill in with the foies gras.1901, The Picayune’s Creole Cook Book, 2nd edition, New Orleans, La.: The Picayune, page 130, columns 1–2
    Synonyms:
    foie

Origin of foie

Ellipsis of foie gras, from French foie gras (literally “fat liver”).

Phrases with foie

Questions about foie

What is foie the ellipsis of?
Foie is the ellipsis of foie gras.

Words near foie in the dictionary

  1. foidlets
  2. foidolite
  3. foidolites
  4. foidolitic
  5. foids
  6. foie
  7. foie gras
  8. Foieni
  9. foies gras
  10. foil
  11. foil razor

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