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foie gras

UK/ˌfwɑː ˈɡɹɑː//ˌfwɑ ˈɡɹɑ/

foie gras noun: the fattened liver of geese or ducks, used for gourmet cooking.

foie gras: the fattened liver of geese or ducks, used for gourmet cooking
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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
    • Foies gras are supplied either by geese or ducks.1907, “Poultry”, in A Guide to Modern Cookery, London: William Heinemann Ltd., translation of Le guide culinaire by Auguste Escoffier, section “1726—Foie Gras”, page 547
    Synonyms:
    foie

foie gras meaning in Malayalam, Arabic, Persian and Thai

foie gras in Malayalam

fattened liver of geese or ducks
കൊഴുപ്പിച്ച കരൾ koḻuppicca karaḷ

foie gras in Arabic

fattened liver of geese or ducks
كبد دسم, فْوَا غْرَا fwā ḡrā, كبد الأوز, كبد البط

foie gras in Persian

fattened liver of geese or ducks
جگر چرب jegar čarb

foie gras in Thai

fattened liver of geese or ducks
ฟัวกรา fuua-graa
More languagesFewer languages
foie gras in Vietnamese
gan ngỗng béo, gan béo, gan ngỗng vỗ béo

Synonyms of foie gras

Forms of foie gras

pluralfoies gras

Origin of foie gras

Unadapted borrowing from French foie gras (literally “fat liver”).

Words formed from foie gras

Questions about foie gras

What does foie gras mean?
Foie gras means the fattened liver of geese or ducks, used for gourmet cooking.
What is foie gras in Malayalam?
Foie gras in Malayalam is കൊഴുപ്പിച്ച കരൾ (koḻuppicca karaḷ). See Foie gras meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is foie gras?
Foie gras is a noun.
How do you pronounce foie gras?
Foie gras is pronounced /ˌfwɑː ˈɡɹɑː/ (UK).
What is the plural of foie gras?
The plural of foie gras is foies gras.

Words near foie gras in the dictionary

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

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