gourmet

See also Gourmet

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

1820, from French gourmet, from Middle French gourmet, from Old French groumet "wine broker, valet in charge of wines, servant" from Old French grommes "manservant", of Germanic origin, from Middle English grom, grome "boy, valet, servant", of unknown origin, perhaps from Old English *grōma "male child, boy, youth" from Old English grōwan "to grow". More at groom.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /ɡoʊɹˈmeɪ/, SAMPA: /goUr\"meI/
• Rhymes: -eɪ

Adjective

gourmet (not comparable)

1. (of food) fine

   Gourmet coffee is just like regular coffee, only better.

   We need to go to the gourmet grocery store to get the exotic ingredients for this recipe.

Usage notes

Gourmet has become somewhat debased by marketing usage, and is considered by some a pretentious middlebrow term. Such users tend to prefer terms such as artisanal (emphasizing the craft) for fine food.

Coordinate terms

• artisanal

Synonyms

• (person with a special interest or knowledge of food): foodie

Translations

• French: gastronomique (fr)

Noun

gourmet (plural gourmets)

1. A connoisseur in eating and drinking. Also called a foodie, a gourmet is someone who takes their food considerably more seriously than most. Some might say that they live to eat rather than eating to live. They appreciate fine quality of food. Gourmets started the Slow Food movement.

Translations

gourmet; a person who appreciates good food

Chinese: 美食者,精通吃的人 Czech: labužník (cs) m. Dutch: gastronoom (nl) m., gastronome (nl) f., fijnproever (nl) m., fijnproefster (nl) f. Finnish: herkuttelija (fi), herkkusuu (fi), gourmet (fi) French: gourmet (fr) m., gastronome (fr), fine gueule (fr), dégustateur (fr) m. German: Feinschmecker (de) m. / Feinschmeckerin (de) f., Gourmet (de) m. Greek: καλοφαγάς (el) (kalofagás) m.

Hungarian: ínyenc (hu) Italian: buongustaio (it) Japanese: 食通 (ja) (shokutsū), 美食家 (ja) (bishoku-ka), グルメ (ja) (gurume) Polish: smakosz (pl) m. Russian: гурман (ru) m. Spanish: gastrónomo (es), sibarita (es), gourmet (es), goloso (es) m. Turkish: gurme (tr)

Related terms

• A gourmand is someone more interested in quantity of food than quality.

See also

• haute cuisine.

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French

Etymology

Middle French gourmet, from Old French groumet (“wine broker, valet in charge of wines, servant”) from Old French grommes (“manservant”), of Germanic origin, from Middle English grom, grome (“boy, valet, servant”) of unknown origin, perhaps from Old English *grōma (“male child, boy, youth”) from Old English grōwan (“to grow”). More at groom.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡuʁ.mɛ/

Noun

gourmet m. (plural gourmets)

1. (of wines) A wine expert, especially one who is adept at determining the label, date, and sundry other qualities solely by smatch.
2. (more commonly) A culinary connoisseur, gourmet.

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Italian

Etymology

French

Noun

gourmet m. and f. inv.

1. gourmet